Doing economics : a guide to understanding and carrying out economic research
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Boston, MA :
Houghton Mifflin ,
c2006
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Table of Contents:
- What is research?
- Overview of the research process in economics
- Surveying the literature on a topic in economics
- Using writing as a tool for economic research
- Writing as a product of economic analysis
- Critical reading or how to make sense of published research
- Theorizing or conceptualizing the research
- Locating (and collecting) economic data
- Putting together your data set
- A first look at empirical testing: creating a valid research design
- Introduction to regression analysis
- Communicating the results of a research project