Research Paper
Write, and properly edit, a 1000 word empirical research essay in APA style. Papers must have a minimum of three scholarly peer-refereed sources, and must be based on topics that are taken from one of the Economics websites or blogs on the course outline page. Students will need to indicate in advance, on paper, the website/blog/date the topic is from, and are required to submit a 100 word summary of the original source, with citation, stapled to the front of their essay. Papers without an attached summary will have 2 points deducted from the research paper grade.
Students must hand in all drafts with their final essay. Papers that are submitted without all attached drafts will be considered incomplete, and will be penalized 10 points. A “draft” of a paper is defined as a printed copy of the paper that has been edited and marked up with a pencil, pen, crayon, or coloured pencil, showing where it has been changed.
Please note: At least two drafts will be peer edited in class. If you don’t participate in a peer-editing session, 10 marks will be deducted from your research paper grade unless you have a documented excuse. This means that a research paper receiving 10/30 would become 0/30. Students who arrive at a peer-editing session without three copies of their full draft will have 5 marks deducted from the research paper grade.
Your final paper MUST have three peer-reviewed journal articles in its reference list. Ten marks will be deducted from your paper for EACH missing peer-reviewed article.
Students must put a word count at the bottom of the last page of their essay, before the References section. Papers without a word count will have 2 points deducted from the research paper grade.
Penalties on the research paper are cumulative. If you miss the library class AND the peer editing, you will receive a zero on the paper.
This course takes violations of Academic Integrity very seriously. If a paper is found to contain plagiarism, it will receive a 0. Students in ECON 225 are required to tear out the perforated page on plagiarism: Appendix J, pp. 235-236. Students print and sign their name, and write the date. They must staple this section to the front of their final paper before handing it in. Final papers handed in without this document will be considered incomplete and will be penalized 10 points.
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