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Research Updates : Finally, Nebraska: A Synthetic Control Analysis of Legislative Structure,  Legislative Collaboration and co sponsorship

Question : You will participate in a series of "research updates" throughout the semester. We will be periodically reading the most up-to-date research within state politics, and you must review the research question, methods, and findings in your own words, along with providing original insights of your own. You will follow the CREATE method to help you do this.

Consider

Read

Elucidate the hypothesis

Analyze and interpret the data

Think of the next Experiment

Your paper must begin with your evaluation of the paper, where you include a statement that captures your original thoughts about it. "This is a good paper" is not acceptable. "This paper by Hanson (2020) is a positive development for our understanding of state legislative committee systems because of its original and thorough data collection effort" is acceptable. Throughout the rest of the paper, you should back up your statement by including specific evidence from the article, in addition to providing an overview of the paper and its contribution to the literature. Be sure to include all components of the CREATE model within your paper.  All papers must be three full pages with 12 point, times new roman font and one inch margins (double-spaced). You must attach a memo showing your CREATE notes. This does not count towards your overall page count. You will complete three research updates worth 15% of your final grade.