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Accreditation is the process of determining the level of quality standards of the products and services offered. With the daily increase of the variety of products and services, accreditation research is carried out in many different areas, from education to health. Some of these researches are carried out through graduate thesis studies in higher education. In this study, the study of the postgraduate theses on accreditation is aimed at conducting a comprehensive evaluation work on accreditation research done at higher education level. The research is designed in a visual research model. The study group included all 220 undergraduate theses related to accreditation that took place between 1994-2019 years and open to access. This is why the whole universe has been involved in the research. In the study of the theses, the document analysis was used. The findings obtained; according to the gender of the thesis writers; according to the university, the institutes and the disciplines in which the thesis is done; according to the research method used in the thesis, the research model, the data collection tool and sample, and finally, according to the subjects of the thesis, are presented and interpreted in tables in detail. It has been found that the theses are mostly conducted in the business / business management departments associated with the Institute of Social Sciences and are conducted in the scan model. In addition, it is determined that the data collection tools used in the theses are usually an survey and document examination form. Graduate thesis studies related to accreditation are usually completed in health and education subjects.

Özet:

Accreditation; It is the process of determining the level of quality standards of the products and services offered. With the increasing variety of products and services, accreditation studies are carried out in many different areas from education to health. Some of these researches are carried out with postgraduate thesis studies in higher education. In this study, it is aimed to make a comprehensive evaluation study for accreditation studies conducted at higher education level by examining the postgraduate theses on accreditation. The research is designed in a descriptive research model. In the study group of the research, all 220 graduate theses related to accreditation between 1994 and 2019 were included. Therefore, the entire universe took part in the research. Document analysis was used to examine the theses in the research. Findings obtained; according to the gender of the thesis authors; According to the university, institute and departments where the theses were made; The research method, research model, data collection tool and sample used in the dissertations were presented and interpreted in tables in detail according to the topics of the theses. It has been found that the theses are mostly carried out in the departments of business / business management affiliated to the social sciences institute and they are made in a scanning model. In addition, it has been determined that the data collection tools used in theses are generally questionnaire and document review form. Postgraduate thesis studies on accreditation have generally been completed on health and education issues.

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