Hi all
We will have seminar Thursday, July 18 at 12:15 in 3E401 as usual. We
will be having presentations of related research, one article per
person from the *third* set of ten.
In choosing your paper, choose the *best* (most interesting, or most
important results) paper, not the one most useful to you. (You may
base your choice only on the abstracts of the papers, although I hope
you will have at least quickly read through all of the papers.)
The presentations will follow these rules. The time allowed is the
same as the various formal presentations in the Master programs: 12
minutes. Discussion will be as long as it takes, including both the
assigned discussant (about 4 minutes) and any other comments,
questions, etc.
NOTE: Because the discussant needs some of the material of your
presentation in advance, you MUST send them a copy of *the chosen
paper* immediately. CC: me as well at turnbull at sk.tsukuba.ac.jp.
The following points must be covered. (These are almost the same as
the previous set of presentations.) You should use slides (a total of
6, see the explanation below). For each slide (except the title slide,
which should have the usual format, explained below) you need only a
title and a *few* (*3-5 is best*) bullet points.
The first four points below should be presented *orally*, without
reference to slides. You should have a title slide with the usual
information on it (author, title, publication information for the
paper chosen, plus yourself as presenter and the presentation or
preparation date). This slide will be displayed while you present
points 1-4.
1. Introduce yourself (name, student ID, program, year) as usual.
2. Introduce the author(s) of the paper, their affiliations (where
they work or study), and their ranks (as faculty, research staff,
or students).
3. Title of the research, date (year and if available month is
sufficient), and source (journal, book, or the nature of the
website: personal blog, departmental working papers, third-party
archive such as RePEC, Research Gate, or ArXiv). Full URL or
publication data should be presented on-screen, but orally you
should explain in these general terms.
4. State what is (to you) the *most important* of the main results in
the paper. Just *one*, please. Explain why it is important *to
you*.
Each of the following should have one slide each.
5. Describe the methods used to perform the research: the theory
framework, and the data and statistical tools (if empirical).
6. Describe the important results achieved in the paper, and explain
why they are novel (that is, how they are better than previous
results).
7. Summarize any applications to policy or scientific methodology
that the authors present.
8. Explain why you think this is a better paper than the others in
the set of ten.
9. Describe how your own research is related to, and improves on,
this paper.
Each presentation has an *assigned discussant*. Of course all
students should listen carefully to every presentation and make
comments or ask questions about it. I am watching and counting! But
you don't need to comment on every presentation, as long as the
comments you make indicate *active* listening and participation.
The assigned discussant *must* comment. The discussion should take
about 4 minutes. You don't need slides. The following points must be
covered:
1. Before seeing the presentation, read the *abstract* (at least!) of
the paper. (If there is no abstract, read the introductory
section.) State what *you* think is the most important or
interesting result. ("It's all boring" is not acceptable! Pick
one.)
2. Also based on the abstract, describe the methods used to perform
the research: the theory framework, and the data and statistical
tools (if empirical). If the abstract is insufficient, say so.
3. Compare your choice of "most important" with the presenter's. Did
you choose the same result? If yes, did you have the same reason?
Explain. If no, did you find the presenter's reason for their
choice persuasive? Explain.
4. Did you find the presenter's description of the methods useful?
If there is additional information a reader would want to know
about the paper's methods, say so.
5. Any other comments you have about the presentation.
Here are the discussant assignments. (The list is sorted by whatever
Unicode sorts. Do not draw any conclusions about the order of
presentation.)
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