1. ECN 4689--Theory & Research A capstone course to apply theory in undergraduate research. A written report, oral presentation, and external field examination are required.

2. Assignments 25 Jan. Identify Research Area 1 Feb. Bibliography 8 Feb. Literature Review 15 Feb. Choose Topic and Justify 22 Feb. Identify Hypotheses 1 Mar. Get Data and Choose Method

3. Assignments 22 Mar. Proposal 29 Mar. Do Analysis 14 – 18 Mar. Spring Recess 12 Apr. First Draft 19 Apr. Final Draft Apr. 19 – 29 Oral Presentations

4. Research Methods Research vs. research Research Tools – Library Methodology Early Scientific – Inductive Hypothetical – Deductive Popper Kuhn Lakatos and Feyerabend

5. Research Methods Hypotheses Methods Research Proposal Writing Plagiarism Effective Writing Techniques

6. Micro Research Topics The Price System Theories of Consumer Choice The Cardinal Theory The Ordinal Theory Theories of Production One-Variable Input Two-Variable Inputs Cobb-Douglas Function

7. Micro Research Topics Cost Functions Optimal Input Combinations Market Structures Game Theory Markets for Inputs General Equilibrium Analysis Externalities and Public Goods

8. Statistics Applied to Economics Descriptive Statistics Probability Discrete Probability Distributions Continuous Probability Distributions Sampling Distribution of Means The Central Limit Theorem Estimation

9. Statistics Applied to Economics Hypothesis Testing Regression Analysis Least Squares Regression Multiple Regression Coefficient of Determination F Tests T Tests

10. Statistics Applied to Economics Assumptions of Regression Heteroscedasticity Autocorrelation Mutlicollinearity

11. Macro Research Topics Macro Growth Theory Solow Residual – Cobb-Douglas Production Function Exogenous Growth Theory Endogenous Growth Theory - Convergence