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Week - 1 |
Science and Human: The Meaning of Science, Reaching Scientific Knowledge, Avoiding the Trap of Pseudoscience,
Science and Society: The Course of Science Since The First Man,
Positivist, Interpretative, Critical, Feminist and Postmodern Social Science Paradigms |
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Week - 2 |
Philosophy of Science and Scientific Method Discussions: Kuhn and Paradigm, Deduction / Induction, Hegel Dialectics, Popper and Falsification and Postmodern Methodology |
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Week - 3 |
Scientific Research Process: Determination of Research Paradigm, Formation of Research Question, Sociological Imagination, Literature Review, Theoretical Framework and Model Creation, Research Design, Research Types (Exploratory, Descriptive and Casual Designs), Determination of Research Scope and Limitations |
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Week - 4 |
Research Techniques: Comparison of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods, Quantitative Research Techniques (Observation, Experiment, Interview, Questionnaire), Validity and Reliability in Quantitative Research |
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Week - 5 |
Research Techniques: Qualitative Research Techniques (Observation, Interview, Focus Group Interview, Case Study, Historical Research, Document Analysis, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis), Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research |
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Week - 6 |
Limitations Encountered in the Data Collection Process: Social Characteristics of the Researcher and Limitations of the Research |
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Week - 7 |
Data Analysis: Analysis of Quantitative Data, Description of Data, Interpretation of Relationship and Causality (Correlation, Regression) |
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Week - 8 |
Analysis of Data: Analysis of Qualitative Data, Descriptive Analysis, Systematic Analysis, Interpretation |
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Week - 9 |
Presentation of Findings and Reporting: Quantitative Research Report Writing, Qualitative Research Report Writing |
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Week - 10 |
Research Design Studies |
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