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課程描述及先修條件

這堂課將透過經濟假設的形成過程教導學生搜集適合的資料庫、分析數字並有效地推論結果。我們期望學生完成經濟學與計量經濟學中的統計方法入門（或相似課程）與基礎個體經濟學及總體經濟學的課程。若學生已先至少修過一門經濟領域課程以及完成大學程度的研究計畫將是非常有用的，但這並不是必要條件。

教材

必讀書目是由Neugeboren與Jacobson所著的《經濟寫作》，雖然課堂上並不會包含教科書中的所有細節，學生還是必須閱讀、依循課本的作業指示並且繳交。其他參考書目包括Thomson所著《給年輕經濟學者的指南》、Berndt所著《計量經濟學實作：古典及當代》、Strunk與White所著《風格的要素》、Stata𦲷使用手冊及麻省理工學院大學部經濟期刊。

課堂要求

你的分數將參考你在這門課各方面的參與，這包括：課堂出席與參與率（10%）、規定辦公室討論時間參與度（10%）、一篇小論文（25%）、與主要專題相關的所有提案及草稿（45%）。這門課沒有考試，期末考週也沒有任何到期繳交的功課。

關於小論文，你可以在三個主題中擇一完成六至八頁的報告。我們將會提供此三篇主題中必要的資料及相關的技術。主要專題將是根據你在這個學期課堂內完成的原始經濟研究中，所撰寫出的十至十二頁研究報告。除了在學期末繳交書面報告外，還必須準備五至十分鐘關於原始概念的口頭報告，繳交單頁提案、初步草稿，並在接近學期末時在課堂上發表十五至二十分鐘關於研究的正式報告。

14.33 規範

1.你可以，事實上極為鼓勵，跟其他學生討論所有課堂相關議題，但明顯地你必須交出個人的小論文及主要專題。討論是要釐清創意、使概念及技術問題更加清晰，而非推導出團體報告。

2.為了對準時完成作業的學生公平，沒有按時交小論文與專題的學生將會在該項目得到零分。我們接受遲交的期末專題，但分數以每遲一天以扣半級的文字分數做為懲罰（編註：原本應為A＋，但遲交後則變成A）。若在作業預定繳交日有上課，學生可以在課堂間繳交作業。

3. 舞弊或者任何形式的學術欺騙都被視為無法容忍的行為，將被處以立即的懲罰，這包括了（但並不僅限於）：複製其他學生的資料、欺騙與抄襲。任何學生一旦被發現此種作弊行為，該項目中將視為不及格，並提交麻省理工學院校規委員會作進一步處理。

Course Description and Prerequisites

This course will guide students through the process of forming economic hypotheses, gathering the appropriate data, analyzing them, and effectively communicating their results. All students will be expected to have successfully completed Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics and Econometrics (or their equivalents) as well as courses in basic microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students may find it useful to take at least one economics field course and perform a undergraduate research project before taking this course, but these are not requirements.

Texts

The required text is Writing Economics by Neugeboren and Jacobson. You are expected to read this text and follow its instructions in the work you hand in for this class, even though we will not cover the text in detail in the lectures. Other texts you might want to consult are A Guide for the Young Economist by Thomson, The Practice of Econometrics: Classic and Contemporary by Berndt, Elements of Style by Strunk and White, Stata® manuals, and The MIT Undergraduate Journal of Economics.

Requirements

Your grade will be based on full participation in all aspects of the course. This includes attendance and participation in class (10%), attendance at required office hours (10%), one small paper (25%), two presentations (10%), and all proposals and drafts associated with the main project (45%). There will be no exams, and nothing will be due during finals week.

For the small paper, you will be given the choice of three topics on which to write a 6-8 page report. We will provide data sets and suggested techniques for each of the three choices. The main project will be a 10-12 page written report based on original economic research that you perform over the course of the semester. In addition to handing in the report at the end of the semester, you will be required to deliver a 5-10 minute presentation to the class on your preliminary idea, hand in a one page written proposal, hand in a rough draft, and deliver a 15-20 minute presentation to the class on your research near the end of the semester.

14.33 Policies

1. You are permitted, in fact encouraged, to discuss all course material with other students in the class. However, you must, obviously, hand in your own individual small paper and project. Discussion with others is intended to clarify ideas, concepts, and technical questions, not to derive group papers.

2. In fairness to students who complete assignments on time, students failing to hand in the small paper or the proposal on time will receive a zero for that assignment. We will accept late final projects, but their grades will be penalized a half a letter grade a day for lateness. You may turn in assignments during lecture on the day they are due, if there is a lecture.

3. Cheating or academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated and will result in swift punitive action. This includes but is not restricted to copying material from other students, lying, or plagiarizing from any source. Any student found to have cheated or behaved unethically or dishonestly will be given a grade of F on the assignment involved and referred to the appropriate disciplinary committees within MIT for further action.