Senior Assessment Project

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Senior Assessment Project

• Tips for Writing

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Summarizing Existing Analysis

• Organization (use section headings)
• Introduction-background Summarizing key issues
  or data Conclusions
• Sources
• Depth of Econ Sources
• Breadth of Sources (econ related)
• Value-Added doing paper to expand insights
• Highlighting key economic issues insights
• Summarizing key data
• Highlighting key (econ/data) debates

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Summarizing Existing Analysis Problems

• Too little economics
• Sources too general or non-econ in nature
• Too little value added
• Careless organization
• Merely reporting
• No breaking down of key economic or data points
  or debates
• Examples

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Specific, Data-oriented Analysis

• Organization (use section headings)
• Intro Background-Model Setup Data Results
  Conclusions
• Sources
• Theoretical steering
• Existing data model (at different level)?
• Execution
• Clarity of tables/equations (includes labeling)
• Discussion of results (step-by-step)

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Specific, Data-oriented Analysis Problems

• Data Model Setup
• Lacking links to existing economic models
• Omitting key (available) variables
• Execution
• Poor presentation of results
• Discussion of results too brief or generic

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(Non-data) Analysis of Very Specific Topic

• Organization (use section headings)
• Introduction related economic background
  analysis conclusions
• Related Economic Background
• What econ concepts/models most closely associated
• Breadth of Sources (econ related)
• Value-Added doing paper to expand insights
• Organizing key topics
• Summarizing key data
• Highlighting key (econ/data) debates

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Non-data Analysis of Very Specific Topic Problems

• Too little economics
• No/little reliance on economic concepts/models
• Too little value added
• Careless organization
• Merely reporting
• No breaking down of key economic or data points
  or debates
• Examples