Re: st: Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:09:10 -0500

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 05:14 AM 3/17/2007, wct wrote:
> hello,
>
> i'm going to try do some type of research paper of an economics issue.
> i'm going to find an issue and made a hypothesis, then look for data 
> to support my hypothesis, in a regresssion. can anyone tell me where 
> i can begain to look for economic research papers which can be used 
> as data to support my hypothesis. i'm new to this, this would be my 
> first time, trying to do any type of research.
>
> thanks
That is kind of a big question wct.  If this is part of a classroom 
assignment your teacher should be giving you some guidance.  If your 
institution is a member of ICPSR, you can get lots of freebie data there; see

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/

The web pages for each data set also often include a "related 
literature" section so you can see what has already been done with the data.

Another good source for freebie data is the General Social Survey.  See

http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/GSS/

Some kindly authors also make their data available on the web or 
provide it upon request.


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