For the most clarity, I have attached the document given to me by my College instructing me exactly what is expected of me in this assignment. It lays out how the essay should be constructed and what it should contain. This is an academic paper of 2000 words, but it also includes many elements from STATA that have to be embedded within the document e.g. a stata regression table would be pasted into the word document.

I am very confused about this topic myself, and I am hoping the attached document is sufficient in making clear what needs to be done.

With regards to sources, I have stated a preference for Harvard but please feel free to use as many sources as are necessary. I generally go for the 8 – 12 band, especially for a 2000 word essay. The assignment has stated that the dependent variable will be perceptions of electoral integrity index devised by the Electoral Integrity Project. I’m not exactly sure if the Independent Variables have to be sourced from there too? It will likely all make sense in the attached document. I have also attached the Quality of Governance codebook which I think is where you need to source variables from, I am unable to attach the QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE dataset for STATA —- I’m not sure how vital this is? Please let me know. It may be available elsewhere.