Overview
Objective: Your goal is to showcase the skills and knowledge gained in this course by outlining a research project that includes all the main sections of economic analysis: introduction, data description, methods, results, and conclusion. Your goal should be to
Grading: It is intended to be rather easy to pass so long as you showcase your coding and interpretation skills and complete all aspects of the project. The main requirements I will be looking for and assessing are:
1) That you have a complete outline as listed in the outline section.
2) At least 5 lines of code to showcase your use of Stata (but I highly recommend more!).
3) A working do file that can run the commands and produce the output discussed in the outline.
Groups: You are welcome to work in groups of up to 3 people on this project. Only one group member should submit the work for the group but please ensure that everyone’s name is on the project. For those who do not submit the work, I recommend commenting on your assignment with the name of who did submit your work so I can ensure you receive credit.
Submission Requirements: Each submission should include three documents:
1) A word or pdf document with the outline detailed below.
2) An excel or csv file with your data.
3) Your do file.
Outline: The project should clearly indicate each section below and include all the relevant bullet points, graphs, and figures. You are welcome to include additional graphs and figures, but please do not submit more bullet points than the maximum allocated for each section. Your goal is to highlight the most important parts of the analysis with the bullets. Bullets should be short and emphasize the main points; they do not need to be full sentences and should not be more than a sentence.
1) Introduction- State your research questions and motivate why the audience should care (3-5 bullet points)
2) Data description- Describe what information you have to analyze. (3-10 bullet points, at least 1 graph)
3) Methods- Explain what strategies you will use in the analysis. (2-8 bullet points)
4) Results- Explain what you found from doing the analysis. (3-10 bullet points, at least 1 figure)
5) Conclusion- Discuss why the results are useful, how they fit with previous understanding, and what issues you could not address. (3-5 bullet points)