UID:
almafu_9961089621202883
Format:
1 online resource (474 pages)
ISBN:
9780128130117
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0128130113
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Front Cover -- How to Write about Economics and Public Policy -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Target Audience for This Book -- Purposes of This Book -- How This Book Came About -- Special Features -- A Focus on Disciplinary Writing -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1: What Is Academic Writing? -- Academic Writing as a Universal Set of Skills -- Academic Writing vs. General-Purpose Writing -- The Notion of Genre in Academic Writing -- Disciplinary Differences in Academic Writing -- Academic Writing: A Definition -- Academic Writing as Research -- Academic Writing as a Dialog -- The Demands of Graduate Writing -- Special Problems of Non-English Writers -- Learning to Write Like an Expert -- Chapter 2: Research in Public Policy and Economics -- What Is Research? -- Research in Public Policy and Economics -- Empirical vs. Nonempirical Research -- Purposes of Empirical Research -- Exploration -- Description -- Explanation -- Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research -- Which Approach Is Prevalent in Public Policy Programs? -- The Rhetoric of Quantitative and Qualitative Research -- Research Designs in Public Policy and Economics -- Quantitative Designs -- Qualitative Designs -- Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches -- Examples of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches -- Qualitative Approach -- Quantitative Approach -- Chapter 3: Research Topics and Paper Options -- Possible Topics -- Narrowing Down a Topic -- Suggestions for a Good Topic -- A Good Topic Is Limited -- A Good Topic Is Researchable and It Is Researchable by You -- A Good Topic Focuses on a Debatable Issue -- A Good Topic Allows You to Make an Original Contribution -- A Good Topic Is Grounded in Theory and Previous Research -- Common Problems with Topic Selection -- ``The Current Situation´´ -- ``What Can Be Done?´´ -- ``Research as Advocacy´´.
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Research on ``My Country´´ -- Research Paper Options -- Chapter 4: Identifying Literature to Review -- What Is Academic Literature? -- Scholarly Literature -- Scholarly Journals -- Textbooks and Scholarly Books -- Doctoral Dissertations -- Academic Conference Reports -- Policy Literature -- Popular Literature -- Hierarchy of Academic Literature -- Looking for Relevant Literature: Where to Start -- The Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) -- The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) -- Policy Studies Journal (PSJ) -- How to Read Literature Reviews -- Suggestions for Searching for Empirical Literature -- Where to Look for Literature -- Chapter 5: Reading and Analyzing Literature -- Understanding the Structure and Organization of Research Papers -- Title -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Body of the Paper -- Common Organization of the Body of an Empirical Paper -- Common Organization of the Body of a Nonempirical Paper -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendices -- Reading Empirical Studies -- How Many Studies to Read? -- Analyzing Empirical Studies -- Step 1: Determine Relevance -- Step 2: Assess Basic Quality -- Step 3: Group Studies into Categories -- Step 4: Identify Main Arguments -- Two Types of Argument -- Step 5: Assess the Validity of Arguments -- Common Flaws in Empirical Studies -- Chapter 6: Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Purpose Statements -- What Is a Research Question? -- Where Do Research Questions Come from? -- Do All Studies Have a Research Question? -- Closed-Ended vs. Open-Ended Questions -- Empirical vs. Normative Questions -- Other Nonempirical Questions -- Research Questions in a Paper -- Formulating Empirical Questions -- Quantitative Questions -- Qualitative Questions -- Characteristics of a Good Research Question -- It Asks about Something that Is Currently Not Known -- It Is Answerable through Empirical Research.
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It Is Sufficiently Limited -- It Is Theoretically Motivated -- It Is Significant for Theory or Policy Practice -- Hypotheses -- What Is a Hypothesis? -- Directional and Nondirectional Hypotheses -- Alternative and Null Hypotheses -- How to State a Hypothesis -- How to Introduce a Hypothesis in a Paper -- Where to Put a Hypothesis in a Paper -- Hypotheses in a Qualitative Paper -- Purpose Statements -- Common Patterns for a Purpose Statement -- What Tense to Use for a Purpose Statement -- Examples of Research Questions -- Research Question Analysis -- Chapter 7: Research Proposals -- Ways to Develop a Research Project -- Options for a Quantitative Study -- Options for a Qualitative Study -- What if I Just Have a Point to Prove? -- How to Prepare a Research Proposal -- Proposal for a Quantitative Study -- Proposal for a Qualitative Study -- The Research Proposal: What to Include -- Statement of the Problem -- Research Question(s) -- Methodology -- References or Bibliography -- Common Problems -- Title -- Statement of the Problem -- Research Questions -- Methodology -- References and Citations -- Making and Supporting Claims in a Proposal -- Sample Proposals -- Am I Ready to Write a Proposal? -- Chapter 8: Structure of a Research Paper -- Common Structure of a Research Paper -- Conceptual Parts of an Empirical Paper -- Research Background -- Methodology -- Results and Main Arguments -- Sections in an Empirical Paper: Examples -- Chapter 9: Justifying a Study: The Introduction -- Problem and Its Importance -- Using Statistics to Demonstrate Importance -- How Much Background to Include? -- Research Gap -- Lack or Scarcity of Research -- Controversies -- Limitations in Existing Scholarship -- Justifying Qualitative Research -- Common Phrases Used to Describe a Research Gap -- Importance of Filling the Gap -- Contribution of the Study.
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Common Phrases Used to Describe a Study's Contribution -- Chapter 10: Theory and Theoretical Frameworks -- What Is Theory? -- Components of a Theory -- Theory across Disciplines -- Role of Theory in Research -- Where Should My Theory Come from? -- Theories vs. Models in Economics -- Placement of Theory in a Paper -- Describing Theory in a Paper -- Narrative Descriptions -- Visual Models -- Chapter 11: Situating a Study: The Literature Review -- Suggestions for Using the Literature -- Use (Mostly) Disciplinary Literature -- Prefer Empirical Literature to Nonempirical -- Consider if You Need a Separate Section for the Literature -- Support All Claims that Are Not Based on Your Own Findings -- Evaluate Rather than Merely Describe -- Organizing the Literature to Make a Point -- Statements about the Overall State of the Field -- Statements about Most Relevant Studies -- Statements about Other Authors' Arguments or Theoretical Positions -- Common Problems -- Chapter 12: Literature Review: Models and Examples -- Annotated Extracts from Published Studies -- Annotated Literature Review from a Student Paper -- Model Literature Reviews from Student Papers -- Chapter 13: Data and Methodology -- Research Question and Methodology -- The Ideal vs. the Real Methodology -- Methodology Section in a Paper -- Concepts and Measures -- Data -- What Are Data? -- Data in a Quantitative vs. Qualitative Study -- Primary vs. Secondary Data -- Data Collection Methods -- Sampling -- How Many Observations? -- Types of Data -- Data Limitations and Transformations -- Sources of Secondary Data -- Describing Data in a Study -- Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data Analysis -- Describing a Quantitative Methodology -- Conceptual vs. Empirical Models -- Model Specification -- Variable Specification -- Estimation Strategy -- Mathematical Writing: Basic Principles -- Use of Statistics.
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Mathematical Expressions -- Notation -- Describing a Qualitative Methodology -- Chapter 14: Results, Discussion, and Conclusion -- Results in an Empirical Study -- Where to Describe Results? -- Results in a Quantitative Study -- Which Results to Report and in How Much Detail? -- Results of Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA) -- How to Report Results in a Quantitative Study -- Reports of Quantitative Results: Examples -- How to Report Results in a Qualitative Study -- How to Discuss Results -- Explain and Evaluate -- Comment -- Draw Implications -- Address Limitations -- Writing a Conclusion -- Using Visuals: Tables and Figures -- Hedging in Public Policy and Economic Writing -- How to Qualify Claims -- Chapter 15: Data, Methodology, Results, and Discussion: Models and Examples -- Describing Data and Measures -- Describing Methodology -- Describing Results -- Chapter 16: Writing Skills -- Using and Citing Sources -- Citing Sources -- What Requires a Citation -- What Does Not Require a Citation -- Citing Information from Sources You Have Not Seen -- Reporting Verbs and verb Tenses -- Academic Style for References and Citations -- Quoting and Summarizing -- How to Quote -- General Principles -- Within-Sentence Quotations -- Block Quotations -- Three Ways to Incorporate a Quotation in the Text -- How to Summarize -- Paragraph Writing -- Tips for Writing a Good Paragraph -- Style, Grammar, and Expression -- Punctuation -- Common Collocations -- Multiple-Word Prepositions -- Verb + Preposition -- Adjective + Preposition -- Appendix A: Citation Guides -- Appendix B: Model Papers -- Appendix C: Data Sources -- Appendix D: Journals in Economics and Public Policy -- Corpus Details -- Journals Included in the Corpus -- References -- References for Academic Writing and Research -- Published Studies -- Student Papers -- Index -- Back Cover.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780128130100
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0128130105
Language:
English
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