Doing Research in Economics 1 Agenda 2

Doing Research in Economics 1

Agenda 2

1. What is research? 3

The construction of knowledge 4

How are arguments evaluated? 5

The scientific method 6

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Step 2: Surveying the literature 13

Step 3. Selecting one theory 14

Step 4: Analysing the problem 15

Step 5: Testing your analysis (1) 16

Step 5: Testing your analysis (2) 17

Step 5: Testing your analysis (3) 18

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What is good research? 21

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Writing a research proposal 23

3. Surveying the literature 24

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The quality hierarchy 26

Where to search? 27

How to search? 28

Browsing 29

Keyword Searching 30

A basic search strategy 31

Obtaining the material 32

REMEMEBER! 33

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Writing to learn 37

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Logical fallacies (1) 45

Logical fallacies (2) 46

Logical fallacies (3) 47

Examining an argument 48

Three types of reasoning (1) 49

Three types of reasoning (2) 50

Three types of reasoning (3) 51

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An important caveat 55

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Writing as a product 57

What is economic writing? 58

Writing steps 59

Writing the first draft 60

The first draft 61

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Revising the paper 66

Is thesis clear? 67

Is the paper well organised? (1) 68

Is the paper well organised? (2) 69

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Writing style 72

Strive for clarity 73

Use of active voice 74

Describe action with a verb 75

Be precise and concise 76

Let Microsoft Word help you 77

Dictionary and thesaurus 78

Writing mechanics 79

Use complete sentences 80

Don’t let sentences run on 81

Proof-reading 82

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Understanding format 85

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The introduction 87

The theoretical analysis 88

The empirical analysis 89

The concluding sector 90

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Evaluating published research 94

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REMEMBER! 96

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What is theorising? (1) 102

What is theorising? (2) 103

Narrative reasoning 104

Mathematical reasoning 105

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Data and empirical research 109

Data creation 110

Data construction 111

Sample data 112

The structure of economic data 113

Characteristics of data sets 114

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Major primary data collections 116

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REMEMBER! 118

9. Putting together your data set 119

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Data manipulation 121

Different forms of data 122

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Key issues of research design 124

Validity 125

Empirical testing (1) 126

Empirical testing (2) 127

How does one analyse data? 128

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Casual empiricism 131

Descriptive statistics 132

Major problems in data analysis 133

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Statistical methods 135

Level of significance (1) 136

Level of significance (2) 137

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Confounding variables 139

Casual validity 140

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Steps in regression analysis (1) 142

Steps in regression analysis (2) 143

Steps in regression analysis (3) 144

Step 1: State the hypotheses 145

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Step 3. Test the hypothesis 147

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Step 6: Evaluate the test results 153

Some additions 154

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Writing the research report 156

The purpose of a written report 157

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Introduction (1) 159

Introduction (2) 160

Introduction (3) 161

Introduction (4) 162

The written literature review (1) 163

The written literature review (2) 164

Writing the literature review (1) 165

Writing the literature review (2) 166

Theoretical analysis (1) 167

Theoretical analysis (2) 168

Empirical testing of the model 169

Conclusions (1) 170

Conclusions (2) 171

Conclusions (3) 172

Other components of the paper 173

Presenting research orally 174

The seminar 175

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Preparing the presentation (1) 177

Preparing the presentation (2) 178

Use of visual aids 179

Practicing the presentation 180

Giving the presentation 181

The role of the discussant (1) 182

The role of the discussant (2) 183

The role of the discussant (3) 184

The role of the discussant (4) 185