ECON1101 Personal Project
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ECON1101 Personal Project
The Project
This project is a long-form writing project where you are required to come up with an interesting economic question, and provide some insight on this question using the methods and tools discussed in this course. Speciically, you will notice some behaviour in your everyday life which you ind unusual and which might be amenable to economic analysis. You will explain this behaviour, and provide some work towards analysing why this happens using the tools developed in this course.
Your explanation may include references to work done by others on your economic question. It should also include appropriate graphs and/or equations. While your assignment may include a demand-supply analysis, it must also use more developed methods. Whatever is most appropriate for your chosen question is ideal.
Assignments of this type are sometimes called “Economic Naturalist Writing Assignments” . Many example economic questions for this type of assignment are available online.
This report must be based on something you have personally noticed in your everyday life. To that end, your report must include a photograph of the item which led you to your question. This photograph must be from the ANU campus (or nearby). If your speciic question is not amenable to photography, you can apply for special permission to not include a photo with your report. Reports submitted without a photograph, and without prior written permission to not need a photograph, will have a maximum grade of 50%.
Important Details
Due Date: 5pm, 20th of October, 2023
Word Limit: 1000 words
Submission: Turnitin on Wattle
Format: The work must be typed. Ideally using LATEX, but Word is also acceptable. Hand-drawn graphs are acceptable, but only the graphs may be hand-drawn.
Requirements and Recommendations
You are required to:
. Choose a topic based on the description above.
. Complete an original report on your chosen topic of no more than 750 words.
. Type your work. LATEX or similar is preferred, but Word is also accept- able.
. Include a complete bibliography with your work
. Include a photo of the event/item which led to you choosing your topic
. Submit the paper on Wattle using Turnitin in pdf format by the dead- line. Late work will not be accepted.
It is strongly recommended that you:
. Endeavour to choose a topic you ind interesting and unique.
. Talk (briely) to your tutor, or at the Consults, about your choice of topic. They will have useful comments to make.
. Use the Report Template from Wattle to structure your paper.
. Speak to Academic Skills and Learning to polish your draft.
I encourage you to:
. Talk about your ideas with other people from class or your social circles. Bouncing ideas of others is great for clarifying your ideas.
. If you’re idea is not working out, and you have time to spare, dump it for a better one.
. Submit the work to Turnitin a little early. Particularly if you have not used Turnitin before; it can be volatile at times. You can re-submit work to Turnitin, as long as it is before the deadline.
Marking Guide
You will be graded based on a combination of the following factors:
. Quality of Analysis: How well the argument itself is developed. In- cludes how accurately and appropriately you have used the methods and tools developed in class. Can be judged on Accuracy, Precision, Logical Soundness, Lack of Bias, and Breadth and Depth of Analysis.
. Quality of Expression: How well the report is written and expressed. This is primarily concerned with the low of argument.
. Topic Choice: The extent to which your topic choice aligns with the project description. Speciically, if the topic is of relevance to you personally, and which is amenable to economic analysis.
. Use of Appropriate References: The quality and relevance of ref- erences used. For some topic choices there will be relatively few appro- priate references; this is not a problem.
. Inherent Requirements of the Report: The Assignment must be typed. The word limit must not exceed 1000 words (excluding title, graphs, tables, references and reasonable footnotes). There must be an appropriate photograph to accompany the report.
. Referencing: References must be provided, the referencing system used must be consistent, and of sufficient detail to be able to ind the references. A bibliography must be provided.
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