Econ 570: Final Project
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Econ 570: Final Project
Project requirements
1. Introduction
a. What question are you answering with your project?
b. Why should we care about this question?
c. Have there been previous papers in the economics literature addressing this question? Summarize previous research briefly.
2. Data
a. Describe the source(s) of the data
b. Discuss whether you are removing any outliers from your data, or doing any other sampling restrictions
c. Discuss whether you are transforming the data and/or merging/appending multiple datasets together
d. Show comprehensive summary statistics.
■ Remember: summary statistics are a very important part of all applied work!
3. Modeling
a. Analyze the data using 2-3 different model specifications (i.e. with/without covariates, using different definitions of the treatment, outcome, or predictor variables, etc.)
■ Remember: complicated models are not necessarily better than simple models. There is nothing wrong with OLS regression if that’s the best model.
4. Findings
a. What are your main findings?
b. Are your findings robust to different model specifications?
5. Conclusion
a. Discuss what we’ve learned from your analysis.
b. Discuss any questions that could be answered in the future.
Examples of data sources
● Causal inference
● General data science
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○ Kaggle
Submission instructions
Check your final work into a repository. The repository should contain.
1. Jupyter notebook containing the entire project
a. Use markdown for the introduction, data description, introducing your model, and discussing your findings. (NOT a separate Word doc or PDF)
2. Data files that you’ re importing into the notebook
3. Extra, not required: a separate python file with helper functions that are imported into the notebook
a. Importing functions from a separate file makes the notebook easier to r ead
b. If you want to bring your programming skills to the next level, youse docstrings to document your functions
To turn in your assignment, make sure your repository is public and submit the link to the repository here: https://forms.gle/ySknxfuHpvLaWNMu8
2022-04-29