Writing Resources

Econonmics & Business Department Thesis Guidelines provides the up to date department thesis requirements, together with an updated version of tables and margins to get you started formatting your document. Examples of each section are illustrated in the document.

The thesis process follows APA style guidelines. Tutorials are also available through a Google search.

To get started on STATA, use our Lab Tutorials and the STATA Cheat sheet.

When you're ready, download the Thesis Template MS Word doc. which includes the following examples:

1. Title Page
2. Abstract
3. Honor Code
4. Table of Contents
5. The body of your thesis should follow the Thesis Guidelines
6. Follow these links for more thesis formatting and example graphs and tables.

Data Resources

Data Collection

In certain classes and especially during thesis, students will be required to gather and analyze data. Here are some helpful links that will allow for a smoother data collection experience.

• Opportunity Insights is a team of analysts and researchers that has a vast collection of data for the greater good of the public. Data sets are available in Stata files, Excel files, and text files.
  • https://opportunityinsights.org/paper/the-opportunity-atlas/

• This Google Doc is a compilation of data sets that are published online. The spreadsheet has everything from cities' CO2 emissions, transcripts of nightly news segments, baseball stadiums, and all public Venmo transactions. This data set could be inspiring for a student whose not sure where to look for data.
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wZhPLMCHKJvwOkP4juclhjFgqIY8fQFMemwKL2c64vk/edit#gid=0

• IPUMS USA (The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series) collects, preserves and harmonizes U.S. census microdata and provides easy access to this data with enhanced documentation. Data includes decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Surveys (ACS) from 2000 to the present.
  • https://usa.ipums.org/usa/

Data Presentation

• Macroeconomics Important Graphs
• Microeconomics Important Graphs
• Macroeconomics Definitions and Terms
• Microeconomics Definitions and Terms

• https://www.economicshelp.org/
• https://www.economicsonline.co.uk/
• https://www.freeeconhelp.com/
• https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain

• Econometrics for Dummies
• Formula Cheatsheet
• Regression Analysis