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the_individual_project1.pptxThe individual project
Economic Research Methods (UMED8N-15-2)
Plan a research project on a topic (selected from one of ten topics) using secondary data and statistical methods
Submit a 1 page research proposal (question, data source)
Carry out that research project analysing secondary data and using SPSS software
Cross sectional analysis (data should relate to the same point in time)
Write and submit a 2000 word research paper
The task
Remember tutorial 2?
Structure of a research paper (happiness of cities):
Introduction (what is the aim/why is it interesting)
Literature review (what do we know already and how your question relates to what we know already)
Conceptualisation (how are you going define your terms)
Methods/strategy (how did you find an answer to your question)
Findings (including descriptive stats)
Conclusion (did your findings confirm/falsify existing knowledge)
The article (Happiness of cities): http:// www.tandfonline.com.ezproxy.uwe.ac.uk /doi/pdf/10.1080/00343404.2011.589830
The components of the research paper
You need to hand in a 1 page research proposal by November 4 (give the topic, the question and the principal data source you will be using)
You need to submit online a research paper by December 18
Key dates
