Research Process: Reporting 

  • The following example presupposes that you have undertaken a preliminary search that includes: 
    • going to the library; 
    • reading the relevant chapters in your text book; 
    • browsing the web; 
    • visiting your teacher during his office hours; 
    • talking with other students after class.
  • The Research Question and the Outline or Research Proposal has to be typed or word processed.

 

Econ 403: International Economic Development

Economics Department -Sonoma State University

Student: John Adams Jr., Economics Major, Senior

RESEARCH QUESTION

     What economic and non-economic factors have influenced the growth of agriculture in Colombia?

 

 

 

 
                                                    



 

Econ 403: International Economic Development
Economics Department
Sonoma State University
John Adams Jr. Economics, Senior
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Title: The Role of Agriculture in Colombia's Economic Growth

  1. Research Question

    2.       

    What economic and non-economic factors explain the growth of the agricultural sector of Colombia during the las two decades?
     

  2. Literature Review:
      1. I have  read the chapter on Agriculture in the Text, and I have looked at the Bibliography for this chapter at the end of the book (see my notes or cards.)
      2. I have read Country Studies by the Library of the Congress (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html)
      3. I plan to look and read a book chapter or a professional journal articles about
        1. The agricultural experience in Colombia
        2. Conceptual frameworks used to explain sources of economic growth in agriculture.
        3. The paper by Houman Forood about sources of agricultural growth in Israel, prepared for this course in the Fall of 1997.
  3. Conceptual Framework

    4.  

    I will use the "sources of growth" model discussed in the text book and in class as a conceptual framework to explain and measure what factors contribute to the annual rate of economic growth in an agricultural sector.
     

  4. Sources of Data

    5.        

    I plan to use the data base of  the Food and Agricultural Organization (F.A.O.) to gather, and then process information about Colombia agriculture during the last 20 years.
     

  5. Methodology

    6.  

    By definition mine is going to be historical or time series approach for relating the explained factor (growth rate of agriculture) with the explanatory factors (proposed by the conceptual framework.)
    I have to define my statistical method for processing data. I'm considering the following approaches: graphic and regression methods.
    I have to decide what computational tool to use: spreadsheets (e.g. Excel) or a statistical program (e.g. EViews)
    I don't expect that all the data necessary will be available. I may need to use proxies for those variables without data. I may need to use interpolations for those years with missing data.
     
     

 


 

DATA GATHERING AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE REPORT: 
How to prepare it

Econ 403: International Economic Development
Economics Department
Sonoma State University
John Adams Jr. Economics, Senior
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Title: The Role of Agriculture in Colombia's Economic Growth

DATE GATHERING AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE - REPORT

DATA THAT I HAVE FOUND

If it is for a historical analysis - Time series

For what country ________________________ and for how many years? _____________

If it is for a geographical or comparative analysis- Cross-Section Data

For how many countries ____ In what world region? ______________ and for what period or year? __________
 

Data Bank or Other Sources 

 

Specific description and location of the data

 

How do I access this data 

I have downloaded into a disk

I have a hardcopy

For what variables do I have data?

 

For what variables I don't have data
 

 

MY REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

I use cards ___   (Please, accompany a copy of them)

I will use this form:

Source 1

Author

Title (book, journal, others)
 

Publisher, Place, Year, Pages
 

Summary or Outline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source 2

Author

Title (book, journal, others)
 

Publisher, Place, Year, Pages
 

Summary or Outline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source 3

Author

Title (book, journal, others)
 

Publisher, Place, Year, Pages
 

Summary or Outline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Please, add other sources if you have reviewed more than three.