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Web-based Surveys Facilitate Undergraduate Research and Knowledge

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Scott R. Steele () (Berea College)
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The author presents Web-based surveying as a valuable tool for achieving quality undergraduate research in upper-level economics courses. Web-based surveys can be employed in efforts to integrate undergraduate research into the curriculum without overburdening students or faculty. The author discusses the value of undergraduate research, notes some of the challenges to achieving substantive undergraduate research, and describes the use of Web-based surveys in an environmental issues in public policy course.

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Article provided by Helen Dwight Reid Foundation in its journal The Journal of Economic Education.

Volume (Year): 39 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 41-49
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Keywords: environmental economics; pedagogy; undergraduate research;

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A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate

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  1. Boulier, Bryan L & Goldfarb, Robert S, 1998. "On the Use and Nonuse of Surveys in Economics," Journal of Economic Methodology, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 1-21, June.
  2. W. Lee Hansen, 2001. "Expected Proficiencies for Undergraduate Economics Majors," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 32(3), pages 231-242. [Downloadable!]
  3. Carol G. Johnston & Jenny N. Lye & Ian M. McDonald & Richard H. James, 2001. "An Evaluation of Collaborative Problem Solving for Learning Economics," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 31(1), pages 13-29. [Downloadable!]
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