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« 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 [...]
WRITING THE LITERATURE REVIEW
Category: Admin Note, Posted on February 18th, 2009 by xblackmindx | No CommentsNumber of articles reviewed. Published review articles may cite more than 100 studies. Fortunately, most instructors require fewer than 20 (5-15 is typical). However, writing a less than exhaustive literature review means that student authors must be discriminating in choosing the most representative articles.
Length. Student papers are typically 8-20 pages, double-spaced, but standards vary. Check [...]