I’m going to provide the research topic, research question, research theory, operationalization of X and Y, scope, partial literature review, and bibliography, and I need you to write the final research paper, which must follow the following structure: (It is vital that the paper be completed following this format)
- Section 1: Introduction that incorporates your research topic and question
- Section 2: Literature review that conforms to the parameters provided for the draft literature review
- Section 3: Discussion of your theory and hypothesis (or hypotheses)
- Section 4: Discussion of your data and methods, including the operationalization of your main independent and dependent control variables and all other parameters required for the draft data and methods section
- Section 5: Conclusion discussing how this study would contribute to the literature.
Additionally, I need a draft of the data and methods section to be sent in advance, that answers the following instructions:
Please provide an outline or draft of your data and methods section. In particular, your draft should detail how you are structuring your research and answer the following questions:
- What is your unit of observation?
- What are your data?
- Are your data cross-sectional, time-series, or both?
- Where are you getting your data?
- Is your study a large-N quantitative study? A case study?
- What is the scope of your data?
- What statistical methods (if any) are you using to test your hypothesis?
- Do your data and methods present any issues of reliability or validity?
Your draft data and methods section will be evaluated on whether:
- Included a sensible unit of observation, whether you included a description of your data (as indicated above),
- Your data allows you perform the analysis you describe in the draft,
- Your description of data is sufficiently clear in terms of scope (i.e., spatial and temporal units),
- You have clearly operationalized your independent and dependent variables;
- You have included control variables in your statistical analysis (or otherwise accounted for relevant controls),
- You have included a discussion of how you would collect your data,
- You have included an explanation of the statistical methods you would use to perform your analysis (if any); and
- You discuss the reliability and validity of your data and methods