LOG 497 Senior Project Course Course Overview

Academic Advisors Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhittin H. Demir Asst. Prof. Dr. Özgür Özpeynirci Asst. Prof. Dr. Işık Özge Yumurtacı Asst. Prof. Dr. Bengü Sevil Oflaç Dr. Aysu Göçer Asst. Prof. Dr. Lu Qing

Industrial Advisors Representative from industrial partner Experienced on the subject area

Student Teams-Assignment Each team will consist of 6-7 students 73+ students registered right now Senior Project Request Form Please rank all the projects based on your preferences Your preferences for group members GPA distribution Students with complementary skills

Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Team Manage all aspects of project (technical, project management, company satisfaction) Interact with faculty advisor Interface with company Visit company regularly Meet course requirements Participate in meetings with faculty advisors

Please… Do not argue Be professional Stick with deadlines Be honest Be polite to your group members, company representatives and to your faculty advisors Obey group norms Do your part in teamwork

Challenges Problems will not be clearly defined, data will be unavailable or hard to obtain The proper techniques might not be apparent, and team members might disagree about the right course of action Not only will you need to use material learned in classes; you will also have to learn new material. You might discover you are on the wrong track and need to redo significant portions of your work.

Deadlines 2th week: assignment of the companies/advisors 9th of November (7th week) –proposal presentations and submission of proposals 28th of December (14th week- last week of the courses) semester presentations First week of finals (6 th of January-Wednesday-last day for submission)- Report Submission

Project Outcomes Project proposal- presentation (LOG ) Semester report and presentation (LOG ) Peer evaluation for group members (LOG ) News text (for social media and national press)- starting from the 3th week (LOG / 2 news per group) Booklets for end-semester presentations (LOG ) Posters (only in LOG 498 for final presentation)

Oral Presentations Interesting Concise Address all relevant content areas/topics Logical, organized, easy-to-follow sequence Professional look Any misspelled words or typos in slide texts Readable Did the speakers convey full knowledge of the material? have confidence? answer questions effectively?

Written Reports visually appealing concise include all necessary content grammatically correct contain misspelled words or typos all equations accurate and clearly labeled technical terms properly defined and used correctly all prior works and references acknowledged all figures accurate and of good quality, and did they enhance the text

Grading Your grade in the course individual group members (peer evaluation form) faculty advisor & all advisors industrial advisor Final grade will reflect your performance in the following aspects: Quality Professionalism Oral presentations Written reports Teamwork and peer evaluation

14 GradingNumberPercentage of Grade Attendance/Participation Field Work(company visits, observations, any field studies needed) 10 Homework Assignments /Task Accomplishment Presentation/Jury135 Project (reports)23030 Total

Proposal Essentials Company info Importance of the topic (like an introduction) Aim and scope of the study Related literature review Research questions The techniques that are used in previous research and the prospective method that you are going to use References

Literature review 1. Will tell you the degree to which the problem you have identified has already been researched. 2. Might give you ideas as to how to proceed in designing your study. 3. Provides new theoretical insights or develops a new model as the conceptual framework for your research. 4. Can point out methodological problems specific to the research question you are studying. 5. Convinces your reader that your proposed research will make a significant and substantial contribution to the literature (i.e., resolving an important theoretical issue or filling a major gap in the literature). 6. Will provide needed information for preparing the research report set your study in the context of prior studies discuss the results in relation to other studies

Literature review Library 360 search Scholar Journal web sites (library password)

Ethical issues privacy and confidentiality plagiarism No copy paste Cite within the text Give references at the end

references within the text ---surnames and years--- (Muehling and Laczniak, 1988) (Parasuraman et al., 1985) (Nunnally, 1978)

references at the end Muehling, D.D. and R.N. Laczniak. ( 1988) “Advertising’s Immediate and Delayed Influence on Brand Attitudes: Considerations Across Message- Involvement Levels,” Journal of Advertising, (17:4),pp. 23 ‐ 34. Parasuraman, A., V.A. Zeithaml and L.L. Berry. (1985)“A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implication for Future Research,” Journal of Marketing, (49:4), pp. 41 ‐ 50. Nunnally, J. (1978) Psychometric Theory, McGraw-Hill, New York.

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