Research Methods (EBA)
Announcement: Zoom code for the course is posted on Blackboard.
Course Information
Instructor Information
Dr. Jessica Vechbanyongratana (ajarn.jessica@gmail.com) and Dr. Yong Yoon (yongyoon360@gmail.com)
Office hours for Aj. Jessica: Office hours will take place over Zoom. Please check for available times and sign up on Calendly. A Zoom link will automatically be generated and sent to you with a confirmation of the appointment.
Course Delivery
Zoom
Live lectures and discussion sessions will be delivered via Zoom. Zoom links will be posted on the course Blackboard page.
Students are required to turn on their cameras during the class.
All Course materials are located on Blackboard including course lecture notes, lecture Zoom links, and assignments.
All assignments must be submitted via Blackboard for this course. Assignments sent via email will not be accepted.
Syllabus
Class Schedule
Section 1
Lecture: Monday 13:00-15:00
Section 2
Lecture: Wednesday 10:00-12:00
Office Hours
15:00-17:00 on Mondays for Aj. Jessica. Students may sign up for office hours through Calendly.
January 10/12 - Introduction (Aj. Jessica)
What is research? Why we do research?
Dissecting an economic paper
Medium series on dissection a paper:
Example of dissecting and annotating an economic research paper
January 17/19 - Power and limitations of data; basic statistics (Aj. Yong)
January 24/26 - Causation in economics (Aj. Yong)
January 31/February 2 - Presenting economic research (Aj. Jessica)
February 7/9 - Academic presentation (continued); bibliography and citation (Aj. Jessica)
February 14 - Literature review part 2 (Aj. Jessica)
Please note that February 16 is a holiday. Students in section 2 must attend a make-up session on 16:00-18:00 on Monday, February 14.
February 21/23 - Midterm Examination - Academic Presentations Day 1 (Aj. Jessica)
February 28/March2 - Midterm Examination - Academic Presentations Day 2 (Aj. Jessica)
Week of March 7 - Midterm Week - No class/exam
March 14/16 - Methods 1 (Aj. Yong)
RCT
Diff-in-diff
Propensity score matching
March 21/23 - Methods 2 (Aj. Yong)
Multiple Regression
IV technique
Panel-data analysis
Basic time series
March 28/30 - Survey Methods (Aj. Yong)
How do sample
Questionnaire
Use if weights in surveys
April 4 - Methods (Continued) - (Aj. Yong)
Make-up class for section 2 (April 6) TBA
April 11 - Introduction, Empirical Results, Plagiarism
Please note that April 13 is a holiday. Students in section 2 must attend a make-up session on 16:00-18:00 on Monday, April 11.