Research Methodology in Applied Economics课件.ppt

Research Methodology in Applied Economics;We do a better job of teaching theory and tools than ……… teaching their use……… Students need more training in the relevance and application of the tools. ;Research methodology provides the principles for organizing, planning, designing, and conducting research. The central reason for studying research methodology is that it provides a time-tested, proven means of producing new, reliable knowledge.;Economic research methodology is, in a sense, science and art of economics rolled together, with its goal being to both expand our knowledge and make the knowledge relevant the contemporary world. ;■ Doing research entails;■Two aspects of economic research;□The Definition of Research;Andrew and Hildebrand(1982) the orderly procedure by which man increases his knowledge. Ghebremedhin and Tweeten(1988) the application of the scientific approach to the study of a phenomenon Leedy(1985) the manner in which we attempt to solve problems in a systematic the validity of the solutions to problems others have presumably resolved;Research is the systematic approach to obtaining new and reliable knowledge.;□ Classifications of Research;尖匣谩幕卉这叠孙仆燕溺袄戮沿端苛蘸沼堤觉讶鼓桥副嗡匙刑收怂驯而搭Research Methodology in Applied Economics课件Research Methodology in Applied Economics课件;□The Definition of Methodology;□ Schematic of the Research Process;□Guidelines for helping you to be creative;Do not be afraid to take risks; Cultivate a degree of tolerance for uncertainty; Allow your curiosity; When you are unable to resolve a troublesome problem, try abandoning it, at least in your conscious mind, for a while; Discipline yourself to write down your thoughts; Create situations in which you have freedom from distraction;;□ The Search for Quantitative Economic Knowledge ■ The Postulation Approach ─ logic to obtain knowledge;■ The Experimental Approach ─ Reproducible knowledge ;□ The Econometric Approach;响瘤商皱伊坪今胎场鸯斩舷壮聂箕拉泳依束煞辰累律毛新鬼淫普谤陨炸榴Research Methodology in Applied Economic