BS504 Research Methods In Building Science

Course Information

Course Code

8540504

Course Section

1

Course Title 

RESEARCH METHODS IN BUILDING SCIENCE

Course Credit

3

Course ECTS

4.0

Course Catalog Description

The problem: where it lies; what be its ‘parts’; how best describe it. Information: sources, modes, types and cost(s). Objectives: formulation and realization. Data: measures of location and dispersion; reliability and consistency; in-terpretation and inference. Data: frequency and other distributions. Probability: dependent and independent events; the random experiment, observation and variable. The design of experiments: population and sample; parameters and statistics; systematic sampling and sampling distributions; the sample variance and confidence intervals. The Hypothesis: formulation, tests, errors and level of significance. Quantitative and qualitative methods.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Schedule

Not available

Lab Hours & Location

Mondays 9:30 to 12:30 in the BS lab

Learning Management System

https://odtuclass.metu.edu.tr/

Instructor Information

Name/Title

Prof.Dr. SOOFİA TAHİRA ELİAS ÖZKAN

Office Address

BS Lab Architecture Annexe Building

Email

soofia[at]metu.edu.tr

Office Phone

210 2221

Office Hours

1:30 to 5:30 pm on Mondays and Thursdays