Research Methods in Economics

ECON1010 Spring Term Course

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If technology is available why waste paper? Please deliver all work via e-mail not paper.

Lecture notes will be added week-by-week. Supplementary documents are available in the below links.

Attendance is compulsory. Please be aware that attendance lower than 70% means failing.

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Syllabus of Research Methods

Lecture 1 - Course description

Lecture 2 - Key Economic Concepts -///- Supplementary: LINK 1 - LINK 2 -///- Excel Files - 1 - 2 - 3

Lecture 3 - Key Technical Concepts & Resources for Articles -///-Supplementary: LINK 1 - LINK 2 - LINK 3

Lecture 4 - Databases & How to write a paper -///- Supplementary: LINK 1 - LINK 2

Lecture 5 - Quiz Day - Application of Key Technical Concepts using Eviews and Excel -///- Excel Tutorial - Eviews Tutorial -///- Eviews Link - 1 - 2

Lecture 6 - HW1 delivery - Citing rules & Basics of a Regression Model -///- APA Citation Manual -///- Excel Example -///- Eviews Example

Lecture 7 - HW2 delivery - Regression Analysis

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Lecture 8 - Survey Analysis: One way frequency table -///- Guide to the Design of Questionnaires -///- Excel File -///- BloombergHT CCI -///- Chi-Square Table

Lecture 9 - Survey Analysis: Two way frequency table

Lecture 10 - no class

Lecture 11 - Data Types

Lecture 12 - HW3 delivery - Tips for Better Writing & How to Make Presentation

Lecture 13 - Interpretation in Economics

Lecture 14 - Delivery of the Paper - Interpretation in Economics

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Information about the paper to be prepared is given here.

Information about news homework are given here.

Marmara Library for Academic Resources (Username and password required)

Grading Sheet (.xls file) (includes country attained to each student)

World Bank Database for Data Collection

Quiz Paper to be read:

“Electricity Use and Economic Development” by Ferguson et al. (2000) in Energy Policy, Vol. 28, p.923-934.