| 1. | Course Title | Research Тechniques Аpplied in Тelecommunications | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ10031 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 11-IBS, 12-KIT | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Pero Latkoski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Analysis of various research techniques and methods applied in the area of telecommunications. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Phases of research process specific for telecommunications. Basics of analytical and empirical scientific research. Experimental based research and analysis in telecommunications. Description techniques and statistical hypothesis testing. Formal and simulation based methods for scientific research and evaluation of the communication protocol performance. Combined scientific research approaches. Results comparison. Research and publication ethics. Dissemination of scientific results. Development of scientific study. Development of demonstrators. Development of prototypes. Scientific publication (conference paper, journal, thesis). Presentation of results. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures; self-learning; literature research; presentations. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | none | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | through a term paper/project and a written test | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Jason S. Wrench, Candice Thomas-Maddox, Virginia Peck Richmond, James C. McCroskey | Quantitative Research Methods for Communications | Oxford University Press | 2012 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Gerianne Merrigan, Carole L. Huston | Communication Research Methods | Oxford University Press | 2008 | |||||||||
