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Writing an ANALYTIC paper

Writing an ANALYTIC paper. Basics. What is your DV? Conceptual variable? Proxy for this conceptual variable? What are alleged IVs? Non-treaty variables? Treaty variables? General – membership, area regulated, species Features – sanctions, monitoring, financing

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Writing an ANALYTIC paper

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  1. Writing an ANALYTIC paper

  2. Basics • What is your DV? • Conceptual variable? • Proxy for this conceptual variable? • What are alleged IVs? • Non-treaty variables? • Treaty variables? • General – membership, area regulated, species • Features – sanctions, monitoring, financing • Differences across membercountries? • What’s the causal STORY of HOW treaty influenced behavior?

  3. Structure • Intro • Definitions/background • Theory section • Case selection • Analysis • Generalizations • Conclusion

  4. Questions • Data problems – short time periods • Big data gaps – countries / years • Number of DVs? Imports/exports/generation • How to assess an argument’s quality? • Comparative data from another treaty? • Inaccuracies, caveats, holes in data, flaws in argument? • Adjudicating between multiple Ivs • Outliers

  5. More questions • Other data? • Alternative explanations/rival hypotheses?

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