Master of Economics and Development Studies Program (MESP), Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) hosted a virtual Workshop on Econometrics and Academic Writing, on Thursday, March 9, 2023.

The workshop attended by students from the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate programs of FEB UNS, invited Prof. Dr. Tamat Sarmidi and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norlida Hanim Mohd Salleh from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Prof. Izza Mafruhah, the Vice Dean of Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FEB UNS

Opening the workshop, Prof. Dr. Izza Mafruhah, S.E, M.Sc., Vice Dean of Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FEB UNS expressed her gratitude to Prof. Tamat and Prof. Norlida for their willingness to attend the virtual event and shared their knowledge with FEB UNS students.

“Thanks to Dr. Evi Gravitiani and also all the students who have taken the time and are willing to attend today’s workshop. The workshop was hosted as part of the 47th UNS Anniversary Celebration. We need quantitative and qualitative training to help students in the preparation of the thesis,” explained Prof. Izza in her opening remark.

Prof. Dr. Tamat Sarmidi.

Further, Prof. Izza also revealed that previously MESP had carried out several other statistical training such as a data mining workshop using Orange in February 2023. While in this workshop, the two speakers will discuss online surveys and limited dependent variables.

“Hopefully, today’s event will give us some useful knowledge. If the student has a question to ask, they can ask it immediately. Thank you to the Professors who have been willing to share knowledge with the participants. I wish you the best of luck with the workshop,” she said.

The first speaker, Assoc. Prof. Norlida, explains the role of theory in academic writing. According to her, academic writing must follow specific grammar. Theory needs to be included in both the thesis and the scientific article to be published.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norlida Hanim Mohd Salleh

“One aspect of academic writing is the theoretical framework, this section explains or describes the theory that underlies the emergence of a problem, which then becomes the focus of research. How to determine the theory in research? Authors need to read a lot of literature. Especially for the Doctoral study (S3) level, it is necessary to find a research gap, which will be the benefit of research,” explained Prof. Assoc. Prof. Norlida.

In the second session, Prof. Tamat Sarmidi delivered material on statistical analysis for the limited dependent variable (binary dependent variable). In his material, Prof. Sarmidi explains four statistical tests that can be used where the dependent variable used is a binary variable (dummy). The four tests are probit, logit, multinomial logit, and ordered probit model.

At the end of the presentation, Prof. Tamat also demonstrates the procedures for using all four statistical tests using Stata.