Find research materials. Look in your school library for books on economics, statistics and financial data. Use academic searches like Academic Search Premier and JSTOR to find journal entries. Do not use encyclopedias for econometrics papers; they are far too general to be helpful.
Read your research materials, taking notes on all relevant data. Write down mathematical formulas and written quotes on paper or on a computer word processor. Summarize the arguments made in your sources and organize these arguments into a list.
Compile all your data into tables. This can be done using spreadsheet software. Make columns for date, independent variable and dependent variable for set of chronological data. Make rows for each specific date where data was recorded. For non-chronological data, enter the data into a simple table where each data point corresponding to an independent variable is matched with a data point corresponding to a dependent variable.
Use your tables to create graphs and charts. A graph consists of a horizontal line (the X axis), a vertical line (the Y axis) and data points that correspond to an X axis, Y axis intersection point (coordinate). Draw an X axis to correspond to the independent variable and a Y axis to correspond to the dependent variable. For example, if you were measuring weight loss over time, you would put time (e.g. days) on the X axis and weight loss on the Y axis. The reason the time is independent is because the date does not change based on weight loss, but weight loss does change based on time.
Write an outline of your paper. Look over your graphs, charts and tables and determine what econometric relationships you believe to exist that are pertinent to your topic. Create a thesis statement that explains these relationships. Divide the body of the paragraph into several sections, each explaining part of the thesis statement.
Write the text of your paper. Write an introduction with some background information and your thesis statement. Write several body paragraphs for each section of the paper. Write a conclusion summarizing the paper and restating your thesis statement.
Insert graphs into your paper. Word processors allow you to do this by importing graphs or images. Simply select the file names of the graphs and tables, and click enter to post these into the paper. You might wish to align these to the center by highlighting the images and clicking "alignment" then "centered."
Write your references list. State the publication name, article name, author name, page reference and publication date for each work you used in your research.