Final Project and Poster Session (30%)

Research question: what are you trying to explain and what do you think explains it? Common forms of political science research questions include but are not limited to (a) under what conditions do we see X, and (b) what mechanisms could explain why X causes Y?
Brief literature review: what have other people said about the question you are interested in? What other potential explanations for your dependent variable exist?
Hypothesis or hypotheses: what is your theoretical expectation (based on the literature and/or your own knowledge) for the results of your analysis. Consider the framework of hypothesis testing we discussed in class to ensure your hypothesis is falsifiable.
Data: what concepts do you want to measure, and how are you planning on measuring them? This section is a great place to include information on where and how you will be getting the data?
Research design: how will you operationalize the concepts measured with your data to test your hypothesis? Think about the different types of research design we have discussed in this class. When you have chosen a research design, make sure to outline why it fits your set up and any potential drawbacks such as threats to inference.

A sample template: You don't have to use this one!
More resources on poster: If you click on "previous years", you will be able to look at lots of posters by Gov PhD students. Gov 51 final project posters should be a simplified version of those.
We'd like to see the following info from your poster:

Title and research question
Abstract: Tell us briefly about your design and results
Introduction: A bit more about your data and method of choice.
Results: Graphs or tables
Discussion: What is your conclusion? What is your assumption? What are the limitations?

Gov 51 and the Data Science Track