1. Create a file in your project repository named proposal.md. You should write this in markdown. You can edit the file in RStudio, in the GitHub website itself, or using a text editor like Atom.

  2. Your proposal should answer the following questions:

    • What is your research question?
    • Is your research question causal, predictive, or descriptive?
    • What is (are) the dependent variable(s)?
    • What is (are) the independent variable?
    • What data will you use?
      • What are the data sources? Be specific.
      • Do you have the data in hand? What pre-processing is required prior to modeling?
      • If you have any data that cannot be distributed because it is proprietary or sensitive, indicate that.
    • If you took POLS/CS&SS 501, is this a continuation of your project? If so, How do you hope to extend it. If not, how is this different? Why did you switch projects?

  3. Create an issue in Github titled: “Review Project Assignment 1”. In the issue message write “cc @jrnold @CasAndreu”. This is how you submit your assignment, and lets the instructors know it is ready to review.