Chapter 1: What Is Research?
Appendix 1A: The Range of Economic Methodologies
Chapter 2: Overview of the Research Process in Economics
Appendix 2A: Writing the Research Proposal
Appendix 2B: Questions for Evaluating a Research Proposal
Chapter 3: Surveying the Literature on a Topic in Economics
Appendix 3A: Scholarly References and Citation Styles
Chapter 4: Using Writing As a Tool for Economic Research
Appendix 4A: Logical Fallacies
Chapter 5: Writing As a Product of Economic Analysis
Chapter 6: Critical Reading or How to Make Sense Out of Published Research
Appendix 6A: Reading and Evaluating a Theoretical Article
Chapter 7: Theorizing or Conceptualizing the Research
Chapter 8: Locating (and Collecting) Economic Data
Appendix 8A: Overview of Data Sources
Chapter 9: Putting Together Your Data Set
Appendix 9A: What are Chained-Dollars?
Appendix 9B: Example of a Data Appendix
Chapter 10: A First Look at Empirical Testing: Creating a Valid Research Design
Chapter 11: Introduction to Regression Analysis
Appendix 11A: Data Transformations for Regression Analysis
Appendix 11B: Estimation Using Qualitative Variables
Chapter 12: Communicating the Results of a Research Project
Appendix 12A: Rubric for Grading Research Papers