The competent economics researcher is able to:
- Access existing knowledge… by developing a research question
- Display command of existing knowledge… by identifying economic issues
- Interpret existing knowledge… by conducting a literature review
- Interpret and manipulate economic data… by locating and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions
- Apply existing knowledge… by applying analysis to current policy issues
- Create new knowledge… by presenting research to others
**Adapted from Hansen, W.L., “Expected Proficiencies for Economics Majors,” 2001; and McGoldrick, K., "Doing Economics: Enhancing Skills through a Process-Oriented Senior Research Course", 2008
