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Prof. Dr.Necmi Gürsakal

Professor

Education

  • Primary School Istiklal Primary School 1962

  • Middle School Celebi Mehmet Middle School 1965

  • High School Bursa Boys' High School 1968

  • Higher Education (Undergraduate) Bursa Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences 1975

  • Ph.D. Bursa İktisadi Tic. Academy of Sciences 1980

  • Associate Professorship Econometrics-Statistics 20.11.1987

  • Professorship Econometrics-Statistics 21.01.1993

Scientific studies

a) Scientific Publications

International Article

  • Altıntaş M. H., Gürsakal, N.. (2007) "Phishing Attacks and Perceptions of Service Quality: A Content Analysis of Internet Banking in Turkey," Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, August 12 (2).

  • Gursakal, N., Alkis, S. and Bayram, N. (2009). A study of mobile communication networks among elementary pre-service teaching students (a case study). Journal of Maltese Educational Research, Vol:5, Issue:2, pp. (Available at the following link http://www.um.edu.mt/educ/about/publications/mrer/archive#Archive

  • Gursakal, N., Oguzlar, A., Aydin, Z. B. and Tuzunturk, S. (2009) Measuring Trust in an Intra-Organizational Context Using Social Network Analysis. International Journal of Management Enterprise Development, Vol. 6, no. 4, p. 494-512.

  • Gürsakal, N., Aydın, Z. B., Gürsakal, S. and Tüzüntürk, S. (2009) "Hurst Exponent Analysis in Turkish Stock Market," International Journal of Sustainable Economy, (Accepted on September 10, 2008).

  • Gürsakal, N., Alkış, S., Tüzüntürk, S. and Ünlü, M. (2008) "Social Network Analysis of trust Networks among Geography trainee teachers and its possible reflections to education," Ozean Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, no. 1. (Available at the following link http://www.ozelacademy.com/ojas.htm.)

  • Nuran Bayram, Necmi Gursakal, Nazan Bilgel, "Counterproductive WorkBehavior Among White-Collar Employees: A study from Turkey," International Journal of Selection and Assessment Volume 17 Number 2 June 2009.

National Article

  • "Air Pollution and Economic Structure: Experimental Results of Input-Output Calculations," Journal of Bursa Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy, Volume VIII, March 1974.

  • "Adequate Distribution of Resources in Education," Journal of Bursa Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy, Vol V, November 1976.

  • "A Stochastic Model for Determining the Economic Results of Oil Exploration in Large Areas," Bursa Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy Journal, Vol VII, March 1978.

  • "Double Product Comparison Tests in Case of Stochastic Individual Preferences," Bursa Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy Journal, Vol VII, March 1978.

  • "Determining the Order of Relative Optimism in the Framework of a Linear Programming Model," Uludag University Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume IV., Issue 1, April 1983.

  • "Statistics and Public Opinion with Examples from America and Turkey," Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume VI., Issue 2, November 1985.

  • "Causation as an Operational Concept and an Application Based on This Concept," Uludag University Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vol VII., Issue 1, April 1986.

  • “Some Notes on Decision Analysis”, Ömer Celal Sarc'a Armağan, İ.Ü. Faculty of Economics Journal (Special Issue), Vol 42, No 1-4, 1986.

  • "Uncertainty Degrees of Words Explaining Uncertainty" Uludag University Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vol. X., Issue 1-2, April-November, 1989.

  • "Examination of the Relationships between the Order-Size Rule and the Largest City Phenomenon (Turkey 1927-1985)", Uludağ University Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume XIII., Issue 1-2, March-November, 1992.

  • "Comparison of Consumer Price Indices of European Community Countries and Turkey," Res. See. With Fatma Acar, Uludag University Journal of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Volume XIII., Number 1-2, March-November, 1992.

  • "New Science," İş Power Journal, Vol:3 Issue:1, 2001.

  • Gürsakal, N. and Tüzüntürk, S., (2017), "Testing Two Hypotheses for the Fractions of Driver Nodes," Academic Review-Journal (International Refereed Social Sciences E-Journal), Vol. 59, January-February, pp. 221-234.

  • "Recent Remarkable Developments in The World Wide and Contradictions in Statistics Education in Turkey," Necmi Gürsakal, Selim Tüzüntürk, Uludağ University İİBF Magazine, Vol. 34, pp. 1-25.

  • "Measuring Surprise with Relative Entropy," Sevda Gürsakal, Dilek Murat, Necmi Gürsakal Eurasian Academy of Science, Vol. 2, p. 10-21.

  • "Assessment of Pisa 2012 Results With Quantile Regression Analysis Within The Context of Inequality in Educational Opportunity", Sevda Gürsakal, Dilek Murat, Necmi Gürsakal, Alphanumeric Journal, Vol. 4, no. 2, p. 41-54.

  • "Analysing Turkey's Coal Mining Disaster Data (1983-2014) With Poisson Change-Point Models", Kadriye Burcu Öngen Bilir, Muhammet Mustafa Aytaç, Necmi Gürsakal, IX. European Conference on Social and Behavioral Sciences, 03.02.2016-06.02.2016, Paris.

  • "New Hopes and Challenges for Network Science," Necmi Gürsakal, Keynote paper, Network Scie

National Congress

  • "Determination of Fractal Dimensions of Exchange Rate Charts" Assist. Assoc. Dr. Aysan SENTÜRK, Assist. Assoc. Dr. Together with Ayşe OĞUZLAR, III. National Econometrics Statistics Symposium, Bursa, 1997.

  • "Fractal Dimensions of Values ​​Derived from Logistic Equations" IV. National Econometrics Statistics Symposium, Antalya, Belek, 1999.

  • "Data Analysis and Statistics" IV. National Econometrics Statistics Symposium, Antalya, Belek, 1999.

  • “Changing Data Concepts and New Topics” Aysan ŞENTÜRK with Ayşe OĞUZLAR, D.İ.E. Symposium, Ankara, 2000.

  • "Changing Data Concept and New Fields," with Ayşe OĞUZLAR and Aysan ŞENTÜRK, Proceedings of Statistical Research Symposium, 27–29 November, Ankara, 2000.

  • "Statistical Web Sites" Aysan ŞENTÜRK with Ayşe OĞUZLAR, 5th National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium, 19-22 September, Adana, 2001.

  • "Social Sciences and Chaos Theory" Res. See with Gürsu Gürsakal, Logic, Mathematics and Philosophy II National Symposium, Assos Çanakkale, 2004.

  • "Network Science and Statistics" Lecturer. See. Dr. Zehra Berna Aydın, Res. See. Sevda Dalgic and Research. See. Together with Selim Tuzunturk, IX. National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium, Kuşadası, 2008.

  • "Application of Hurst Exponent in Financial Markets and the Case of Multi-Fractalism" Lect. See. Dr. Zehra Berna Aydın, Res. See. Sevda Dalgic and Research. See. Together with Selim Tuzunturk, IX. National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium, Kuşadası, 2008.

  • "Network Science Package Programs: Pajek 1.24" Res. See. Together with Selim Tüzüntürk, 10th Turkey Econometrics and Statistics Symposium, Atatürk University, Palandöken / Erzurum, 27-29 May 2009.

b) Published Books

  • Linear Programming

  • Subjective Probability Estimates 1982

  • Bayesian Statistics 1992

  • Statistics I: Solved Questions 1996

  • Statistics II: Questions with Solutions 1995

  • Computer Applied Statistics I 1997

  • ABC of Statistics 2000

  • Research Methods in Social Sciences 2001

  • Computer Applied Statistics II 2002

  • Six Sigma 2003

  • Social Sciences Complexity and Chaos 2007

  • Descriptive Statistics 2008

  •  Inferential Statistics 2009

  •  Social Network Analysis 2009

  •  Big Data

  •  Programming with R

  •  Descriptive Statistics with R

  •  Inferential Statistics with R

  •  Decision Making (Editors Necmi Gürsakal, Mustafa Aytaç),2015.

  •  Social Network Analysis, Anadolu University Press, 2017

  •  Machine Learning and Deep Learning 2017

  •  Globalization Technology Networks and Power 2018

  •  Machine Learning 2018

  •  Data Science

  •  Understanding Industrialization

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

  • III. National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium Bursa, 1997.

  • IV. National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium Antalya, 1999.

  • D.İ.E. Symposium, Ankara, 2000.

  • V. National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium Adana, 2001.

  • II National Logic, Mathematics and Philosophy Symposium, Assos Çanakkale, 2004.

  • Uludag University I. National Young Scientists Symposium, Bursa, 2004.

  • IX. National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium Kuşadası, 2008.

Academic and Administrative Duties (Public and Private Sector)

  • Rector's Advisory

  • Head of Department November 2006- 2009

  • Acting Dean Fenerbahçe University 2018

National and International Organizations of which he is a member and has undertaken duties

  • State Institute of Statistics Symposium Executive Board Member

Other Books

  • Florentine Karlo

  • Writing Time

  • My Bursas

  • Poems to Read Through

  • My Beloved City Bursa

  • Sand and Oleander

  • Monsieur Fomora

  • Eyes of Albino Catfish

  • Mesopotamian Death Days

Supervised Theses

  • Sezen, H. Kemal "Dynamic Programming Method and Its Application to a Business in Bursa" Thesis (Master's Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1986.

  • Koçyiğit, Fuat "Factors Effective in Choosing Sports for Children" Thesis (Master's Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1988.

  • Bead, Remzi "Using Tanning Analysis in Piecewise Linear Regression and An Application Trial" Thesis (Master's Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1989.

  • Deligöz, Lokman "Markowitz Model and Examination of Assumptions in Terms of Decision Theory" Thesis (Master's Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1994.

  • Fındıkkaya, Ayşe "Multidimensional Scaling Analysis and an Application Trial" Thesis (Master's Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1995

  • Başaran, Erol "Canonical Correlation Analysis and an Application" Thesis (Master's Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1998.

  • Selimoğlu, Emel "Cumulative Total Technique in Quality Control and an Application Trial" Thesis (Master's Thesis) 1998.

  • Oğuzlar, Ayşe "Multivariate Statistical Process Control and An Application Trial" Thesis (Ph.D. Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1998.

  • Kalay, Ali "Cross-Spectral Analysis in Time Series A Research on the Relationship Between Money Supply and Price Level in Turkey" Thesis (Ph.D. Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 1999.

  • Aydın, Zehra Berna "Symbolic Time Series Analysis and an Application in ISE" Thesis (Ph.D. Thesis) -- Uludağ University, 2003.

  • Bağcı, Sibel "Total Quality Management in the Service Sector and Service Quality Measurement Tools" Thesis (Master's)--Uludağ University, 2005.

  • Turan, Aydın, "Risk Analysis for a Bank on Market Risk Exposure and Capital Adequacy Ratio Application" Thesis (Master's)--Uludağ University, 2006

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