Archive for February, 2009
« Previous EntriesTHE LITERATURE REVIEW
Category: Admin Note, Posted on February 26th, 2009 by xblackmindx | No CommentsIt is common (and often better) to combine the description and evaluation sections. If you do combine them, don’t forget to evaluate them.
Headings. Headings delineate major sections to help show the organization of the paper. When you’re writing your draft, headings also pinpoint organizational problems. They’re useful only if they are specific. Vague article titles [...]
Tips For Empirical Work
Category: Admin Note, Posted on February 20th, 2009 by xblackmindx | No CommentsThese tips verge on “how to do empirical work” rather than just “how to write empirical work,” but in the larger picture “doing” and “writing” are not that different.
What are the three most important things for empirical work? Identification, Identification, Identification. Describe your identification strategy clearly. (Understand what it is, first!) Much empirical work boils [...]