RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

FINAL EXAMINATION / FALL 2008

Prof.Şule Özüekren (PhD), Assistant Prof. Emrah Acar (PhD)

Deadline for submission: 18 January 2008

• Answer the following questions after reading your paper and preparing an outline of your paper (List all titles and sub-titles).

• Skip the question if you think that it is irrelevant in your case. In such cases, please explain why you think the question is irrelevant.

1. Is the research problem clearly defined in the study? What is it?
2. Is the research problem derived from a theory or defined as a broad question to develop a theory?
3. Is the research nomothetic or idiographic? Why?
4. What is/are the theoritical framework(s) that guide the research?
5. Is the research qualitative, quantitative, or both?
6. Is the research theoritical, empirical, or both?
7. Discuss shortly whether or not anonymity is achieved in the presentation of findings.
8. What type of sample is used in the study?
9. Which of the following data collection methods are used in the research?

► interviews

► documents (e.g. newspaper articles)

► past records (previous research outputs)

► audiovisual materials (e.g. photographs, videotapes, audiotapes)

► observations

► other (please specify):…………………………………………………

10. Do the authors specify the theoritical and practical contributions of their research findings? What are they?
11. Do you think that the authors provided adequate information and about the methodology of their study? Why?
12. Do you think that the references are up-to-date? Please prepare a frequency histogram of the quoted references by the year of publication before answering this question.
13. Do you think that the aims, scope, and the conclusions of this are article are consistent? Discuss shortly.