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This web
page contains information pertaining to the empirical projects of second year
ARE students.
All students are expected to do their empirical projects during their second
year in the program. A waiver for one year may be granted by the GAC under
special circumstances. Written petitions for such a waiver must provide a
justification for the delay and receive the endorsement of the student's
mentor.
Administratively, all the students should register for this course in both
the fall (219A) and spring (219B) semesters. You will receive a letter grade
for each semester.
The objective of this project is for you to produce a research article that
should be as close as possible to a paper that you could submit for
publication. The organization of the year is
meant to provide you with guidance and support through this process.
Of great importance is the calendar: we take
deadlines very seriously for this course. It would be a very good idea to
spend some time before the beginning of the semester thinking about a topic,
a dataset, and an advisor.
To get a sense of what constitutes a good research paper, take a look at the
criteria we plan to use for grading, or the
guidelines we provide for peer review. Also of
interest are the guidelines
provided for writing a paper in the Thesis Workshop.
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