Outline:
1. Introduction (1 page)
a. Introduce your topic and why it is interesting (important)
b. Present your research questions
c. Summarize your findings
2. Literature Review (2 pages)
a. Introduce the literature on your topic
b. Describe what others have done
i. Papers on your specific questions
1. What did they do?
a. Research question?
b. Data?
c. Type of analysis?
d. Strengths?
e. Weaknesses?
2. What do they find?
ii. Important papers on related questions on your topic?
1. May be very brief – depending on how much literature is out there
2. Use above outline as guide here, too.
c. Explain how your work fit into this literature
3. Data (1 page)
a. Describe your data set(s)
i. Source(s)
ii. For whom or what you observe it
1. Describe the population of interest – an elementary unit
2. Are your data for a sample? If yes, how is it selected?
3. Number of observations
iii. What variables do you observe?
b. Note any limitations of the data
i. Small number of observations?
ii. Any causes for concern about bias?
4. Analysis and Findings (3-4 pages)
a. Present your findings
i. Use well-labeled tables and charts
1. All charts and tables must be made by you
2. Cite sources of the information
ii. Discuss what is shown as you present the findings
b. Discuss the implications of your findings
5. Conclusion (1 page)
a. Summarize what you found
i. What did you want to know?
ii. What did you find?
b. Discuss questions raised by your findings and potential next research steps
6. References (1 page)
a. Include only sources that you use
b. You must have at least one academic journal article (or comparable work) and a
total of at least four papers, articles, or books. I Have sources that I want to use and a data set to go along with it I am comparings states revune from 2018 to 2023. References
Candee,
Adam.
“Sports
Betting
Revenue
T
racker:
US
Betting
Revenue
&
Handle
by
State.”
US
Sports
Betting
and
Handle
,
LSR,
4
Mar
.
2024,
www
.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting/revenue/.
Brainerd,
Jackson.
“Brief
the
Early
Bets
Are
in:
Is
Sports
Betting
Paying
Of
f?”
National
Confer
ence
of
State
Legislatur
es
,
1
Mar
.
2021,
www
.ncsl.or
g/fiscal/the-early-bets-are-in-is-sports-betting-paying-of
f.
ECONOMICS,
OXFORD.
“Economic
Impact
of
Legalized
Sports
Betting
–
American
…”
ECONOMIC
IMP
ACT
OF
LEGALIZED
SPORTS
BETTING
,
OXFORD,
14
Apr
.
2020,
www
.americangaming.or
g/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AGA-Oxford-Sports-betting-impa
cts-2017-May_FINAL-report.pdf
.
C
o
t
e
2
Grundy
,
Adam.
“Quarterly
Survey
of
State
and
Local
T
ax
Revenue
Shows
Which
States
Collected
the
Most
Revenue
from
Legalized
Sports
Betting.”
Census.Gov
,
9
Feb.
2024,
www
.census.gov/library/stories/2024/02/legal-sports-betting.html
.
“The
Impact
of
Legalized
Sports
Betting
on
the
US
Economy
.”
Fr
eemanjournal.Net
,
The
Freeman
Journal,
20
Apr
.
2023,
www
.freemanjournal.net/sponsored-content/2023/04/the-impact-of-legalized-sports-bettin
g-on-the-us-economy/
