Economics 102 Economic Reasoning Exercise Peer Review Template
(Copy and paste the text below into a google doc, read the paper of the author to whom you have been assigned, fill out the peer review template in the google doc, then copy and paste the url of the completed peer review into the body of a discussion forum reply to the authors posting of the original papers url.)
1. Thesis statement.
a. The thesis statement of the paper is (if there is no thesis statement, indicate N/A here):
N/A
b. Is the thesis statement debatable? Explain.
c. Is the thesis statement interesting? Explain.
d. Do you have any suggested edits for the thesis statement? Please indicate the suggestions here.
Make it clear what your thesis is if you have one.
2. Organization.
a. Is the paper well-organized, first presenting background information, then providing an overview of economic reasoning that is useful for understanding the issue at hand, then supporting the thesis by referring to economic reasoning and evidence, and finally defending a conclusion that matches the point made in the thesis statement?
Not really, it is hard to tell what each paragraph is talking about.
b. Do you have any suggestions for improving the organization of the paper? Please indicate those suggestions here.
Make it clear in the first sentence what the theme of the paragraph is going to be then follow that theme all the way throughout the paragraph.
3. Economic reasoning and evidence.
a. Is the economic reasoning presented in the paper useful for understanding the issue at hand?
Not much explanation on economic reasoning, a lot of explaining of externalities.
b. Is the economic reasoning presented in the paper correct?
Yes medicare
c. Is there another economic framework that we have learned in the course that would be more appropriate for analyzing this issue?
Not that i can think of.
d. Does the paper present sufficient evidence to support the conclusions reached?
No
e. Is the evidence cited correctly?
Yes
4. Grammar and style.
a. Was this paper easy to understand? (If there were any incomprehensible sentences, this would be the place to tell the author to fix them.)
There were a lot of sentences that made no sense and the topic changes quite frequently.
b. Did the author vary sentence structure and avoid using the passive voice to make the essay interesting to read?
Yes
c. Was this paper free of spelling and grammar errors?
There were a lot of grammar errors.
d. Do you have any suggestions to improve the grammar and writing style of this paper? Please indicate them here.
Read through it and make some changes then have another person do the same.
5. What was the best thing about this paper?
It explains externalities on the subject very well
6. What three changes would improve this paper?
a. Fix the grammar and make the sentences easier to understand
b. Make each paragraph have a focus instead of changing topics
c. Create a clear thesis