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ESS591 RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICS IN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE

Course Code: 8740591
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 0(0-2)
ECTS Credit: 10.0
Department: Earth System Science
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. BÜLENT GÜLTEKÝN AKINOÐLU
Offered Semester: Fall Semesters.

Course Content

The history of science and research , integrated framework for research, qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, study of scientific research approaches with special emphasis on Earth Systems for identification of the problems, development and application of the methods to solve these problems, data collection and analysis, visualization of the data, interpretation of the data and verification of the outputs, understanding the ethical issues in scientific research.