Data and Regression Section

You should download the data that you need to answer your research question and decide the Regression you are going to run. Then you can write and upload drafts for the Data Section and the Regression section by next week (let’s say by July 15).

The Data section is pretty easy to write. You need to:

– describe the data you are using and specify where you got them from (for example, Apple stock prices downloaded from finance.yahoo.com).

– clarify if you transform the data that you downloaded in any way: for example, taking the growth rate of the stock price, taking logs, taking first differences, etc.

– if you don’t have too many data series, you can include a graph of how they evolve over time.

The main point of the data section is that you should give enough details so that a reader would be able to replicate exactly what you have done.

For the Regression section, instead, you need to:

– Write down and explain the regression that you are going to use. Make sure that you are specific about the variables that you use and that you include the right subscripts, as well as the error term.

– Discuss a bit why you use those variables in the regression.

– In this Section, you don’t need to include the Results. You will need those next week. But if you are ahead in your project and already want to include regression results, you can do so. We can check them and see if they look right.

The deadline to submit Data and Regression sections is next Wednesday at 11:59PM.

Let me know if there are questions.