This text is written for senior undergraduate and first-year graduate students. It systematically develops the skills and proficiencies students need to practice economics after graduation. These skills range from locating and interpreting economic data to writing reports to conducting larger-scale economic studies. Appendices provide supporting material and information about the economics discipline. Can be used as a main text or as a supplement in upper division courses. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Chapter 1 Locating Economic Data
Chapter 2 Transforming Economic Data
Chapter 3 Locating Published Research
Chapter 4 Writing Methods and Practices
Chapter 5 Writing a Short Descriptive Report
Chapter 6 Writing a Summary Report
Chapter 7 Summarizing a Policy Debate
Chapter 8 The Economic Content of News Stories
Chapter 9 The Economic Content of Published Research
Chapter 10 Theory in Economic Research
Chapter 11 Empirical Methods in Economic Research
Chapter 12 Reporting the Results of Economic Research

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