CP508 DATA ANALYSIS FOR PLANNERS
| Course Code: | 8530508 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | City Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objective of this course is to improve the capacity of students in data preparation and analysis. This includes different stages such as entering data, preparing data for analysis, selection of appropriate techniques for data presentation and analysis. Furthermore, the course aims to make students competent in using SPSS.
Course Content
Codebook preparation, data entry, data screening and cleaning, descriptive analysis, scale reliability, statistic selection, correlation, multiple regression, logistic regression, factor analysis, chi-square, and ANOVA will be covered throughout the course.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who pass the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- use SPSS for data entry, code book preparation and analysis purposes
- clean and prepare data for statistical analysis in planning issues
- select appropriate techniques for data presentation and analysis
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To follow and evaluate contemporary developments and discussions on urban development and urban planning. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To attain the accumulation of knowledge that enables to establish relations between theoretical studies to empirical studies on practice. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To have the necessary knowledge and skills in order to relate urban development theories to policies and plans. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To have the accumulation of knowledge that enables to establish cooordination between different approaches developed by various disciplines. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To evaluate plausible approaches in solving urban problems and their causes by using theoretical knowledge and technical skills. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have a good command of English language in order to follow international developments and publications as well as carrying out international studies. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To have the competence to conduct high quality works in project and plan development processes. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To develop solutions by interpreting and creating syntheses among those parties that take place in the planning process. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be confident in making use of the proposed solution alternatives for determining the priorities in policy and plan making. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To develop the necessary technical knowhow and communicational skills to present the work accomplished by urban planners. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution