Project Report

Due date: May 4
Maximum length: 4000 words (~15 pages)

Overview

You will write a document or a Jupyter Notebook that will ideally provide the foundation for a high quality short research paper that you might revise and submit for publication. I do not expect the report to be ready for publication, but it should contain polished drafts of all the necessary components of a scholarly quantitative empirical research study.

Format Options

Word Document

If you choose to write the report as a Word document, then you will need to include the code in a separate file.

Content Requirements

Your report should include:

  1. Brief summary of the purpose and importance of this research
  2. Research questions or hypotheses
  3. Methods: How you collected and processed the data
  4. Analysis: Visualizations, tables, and statistical tests
  5. Results and Discussion: Interpretation of your findings
  6. Code and data: Sufficient for replication

What You Can Skip

Because the emphasis in this class is on methods and because I’m not an expert in each of your fields, I’m happy to assume that your paper has already established: - The relevance and significance of your study - A comprehensive literature review - A well-grounded conceptual approach - Compelling reason why this research is important

You do not need to focus extensively on these elements in your written submission.

Citations

Jupyter Notebooks do not have all of the tools for citations that Word or LaTeX or even Google Docs have, so while I expect you to cite related work your references section does not need to be as polished as citation management software would make it.

Submission

Submit your report via Brightspace.

Tips

  • Ensure your work is replicable
  • Provide clear documentation
  • Include well-labeled visualizations
  • Make sure your code runs without errors