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Notes: 1. Correct fonts won’t load until you open this in PowerPoint (e.g., if you’re previewing this in your browser it’ll look uglier than it actually is). 2. Generate QR codes here: https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/
Non-Cognitive Predictors of Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students
Main finding goes here, translated into plain English. Emphasize the important words.
BACKGROUND: Who cares? Explain why your study matters in the fastest, most brutal way possible (feel free to add graphics!).
METHODS
Collected [what] from [population]
Tested it with X process.
Illustrate your methods if you can.
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RESULTS
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All the other correlations in the ammo bar.
AMMO BAR
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Extra Graphs
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Extra nuance that you’re worried about leaving out.
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PRESENTER:
Leeroy Jenkins
Title: Subtitle
Leeroy Jenkins, author2, author3, author4, author5, author6, author7, author42
Visualize your findings with an image, graphic, or a key figure.
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Stuck on a design dilemma? Do what other designers do! Go to dribbble.com and scroll through stuff until a solution jumps out at you. Try searching “posters” or “graph”.
If your punchline is more than 2 lines, don’t center it. Centering makes your eyes do more work, and centered text is slower to read than left-aligned text.
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Real posters designed based off of the main templates.
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Non-Cognitive Predictors of Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students
This is an experimental version of #betterposter. Try it if you’re brave and let me know how it goes!
Non-Cognitive Predictors of Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students
RESULTS
Graph/table with essential results only.
All the other correlations in the ammo bar.
Title: Subtitle
Leeroy Jenkins, author2, author3, author4
AMMO BAR
Delete this and replace it with your…
Extra Graphs
Extra Correlation tables
Extra Figures
Extra nuance that you’re worried about leaving out.
Keep it messy! This section is just for you.
Get full paper
PRESENTER: Leeroy Jenkins
METHODS
How did you find this?
Collected [what] from [population]
How you tested it.
Notes: Try this with no intro, no discussion. Tell me whether you miss it.
Notes:
In Powerpoint, click View > Guides
Keep text within gutter guides.
Author list: Don’t split names onto two lines (e.g., “Jimmy [break] Smith”). If that happens, use a new line, unless you need the space. Bold the first names of anybody who’s presenting in person.
Intro/methods/result: Do not drop below font size 28, but if you have extra space, jack up the font size until the space is full.
Do not use color in the sidebars except in graphs/figures. It’ll pull attention from the center and slow interpretation for passersby.
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#butterposter
Get templates from https://derekcrowe.net/butterposter
by @ derektoplasm
The “L” layout
by @ SarraceniaMason
Adobe InDesign templates here: https://osf.io/zkmvw/
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INTRODUCTION
Mike Morrison created a template for a “Better Scientific Poster” (BSP) (https://osf.io/ef53g/)
The BSP format has been praised by many, yet disparaged by others.
The current project had 2 goals:
Create a template that I think could be useful.
Point out that we don’t need to either love or hate the new format—the middle is just fine.
METHOD
To create a new template, I identified strengths of the BSP template and the traditional format.
BSP strengths: clear take-away message, minimal text, QR code
Traditional format strengths: room for figures, reasonable text size on sides, large title to make finding posters in poster session easy, web link and email for people who don’t like QR codes
Why must we pick sides? The new poster format is a revolution, or the new poster format is garbage! Take the good parts of the new format, keep the useful aspects of the traditional format, add in your own ideas, and create something better.
RESULTS
Preregistered analysis: 78% increase in liking compared to traditional format and 24% increase compared to the BSP format.
Exploratory analysis: room for improvement in this template (Arial font, seriously?!?!).
DISCUSSION
Sometimes it makes sense to pick a side; this is not one of those times.
Praise what you like, make suggestions for improvement, and then make something better.
Take Mike’s ideas, incorporate some of mine, be creative, and let’s make posters more useful.
We Don’t Have to Pick a Side: The Middle Is A Fine Place to Be
Andrew R. Smith
Appalachian State University
Poster template: https://osf.io/ayjzg/
smithar3@appstate.edu
Notes:
In Powerpoint, click View > Guides
Keep text within gutter guides.
Author list: Don’t split names onto two lines (e.g., “Jimmy [break] Smith”). If that happens, use a new line, unless you need the space. Bold the first names of anybody who’s presenting in person.
Intro/methods/result: Do not drop below font size 28, but if you have extra space, jack up the font size until the space is full.
Do not use color in the sidebars except in graphs/figures. It’ll pull attention from the center and slow interpretation for passersby.
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Poster Format
Liking of design as rated by Andrew
Arial Comic Sans Rockwell Cambria Futura 3.9 2.1 6.7 6.4 7.5
Font
Liking of font
F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions – The closest thing to a users’ manual this will ever have.
How to QR Code
How do I create a QR code?
https://www.qrcode-monkey.com/ is free, URLs don’t expire, and you can add cool features like images.
How do I scan a QR code?
Just pull out your phone and take a picture! All modern iPhones and most Android phones have built-in QR detection in their cameras. Some Android phones may need an app.
How can I link the QR to my paper and a copy of my poster and my contact details.
Try creating a multi-page link for free via https://linktr.ee/. (Still trying to figure out the best answer to this though.
Ctrl-click this thumbnail to watch a video on scanning #betterposter QR codes.
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Layout F.A.Q.
What if my intro/methods/results doesn’t fit in the silent bar?
If you’re trying to put so much into that bar that it doesn’t fit, they won’t have time to read it anyway. First try moving stuff to the ammo bar. Next, cut cut cut.
Instead of trying to fill space, you’re trying to conserve space.
What if I have a really important graph or picture?
Move the QR Code to the Silent Presenter, then put your graph/image in the middle.
What research influenced this idea? a.k.a “I need some ammo to help persuade my faculty to try this.”
1. Need to know > Nice to know
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/inverted-pyramid
2. Plain language is interpreted faster.
https://www.nngroup.com/videos/plain-language-for-experts/
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/plain-language-experts/
3. Interaction cost.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/interaction-cost-definition/
4. Effective designs minimize cognitive load
How did you make the cartoon?
Short version: I highly recommend making a video using Vyond.com if it's your first one and you don't want to go insane for a year like I did. It’s fun, easy, and works perfectly well for most projects!
Animation: Most of the animation was done in Adobe After Effects, which is super powerful but had a bit of learning curve for me.
Graphics: A combination of VectorStock and custom graphics I made in Adobe Illustrator.
Characters were mostly from (http://Vyond.com) Vyond.com. I got the facial expressions, etc. right in Vyond, then put them on a green background, then dropped them into After Effects and removed the background, just like a green screen.
Sound effects: AudioJungle.
Voice was my own voice with the bass boosted for a little of that radio announcer vibration, courtesy of Adobe Audition.
Design isn’t about making things look pretty. It’s about directing attention.
Great design is subtle. Design should feel like problem-solving.
UX designers feel a surge of happiness when they get to delete something.
When it looks too simple to represent the amount of time you put into it, you’re done.
As environmental pathogen
load increases, so does
sexual disgust. This is
associated with more
restricted casual sex
attitudes and behaviors.
The rela9onship between disgust levels and sexual behaviors as moderated by self-perceived pathogen exposure Jessica K. Hlay, Graham Albert, Zeynep Senveli, Steven Arnocky, Carolyn R. Hodges-Simeon
INTRO • Behavioral Immune System • Works to avoid pathogen first, rather
than fighting infection after • Environmental inputs should influence
disgust sensitivity METHODS • N = 322 (F160, M162) • Perceived pathogen exposure, national
disease prevalence (OurWorldInData.org), TDDS (disgust), SOI-R (sociosexuality)
• Structural Equation Modeling RESULTS
DISCUSSION • Further support of the Behavioral Immune
System • Disgust sensitivity is influenced by
environmental inputs, specifically self- reported environmental pathogen • Disgust is one mechanism which restricts
sociosexual behavior, possibly to prevent infection
Predictor Outcome b SE p β Disease Prevalence
Infection Exposure
.099 .016 <0.001 .36
Infection Exposure
Sexual Disgust
.03 .01 <0.001 .35
Disease Prevalence
Sexual Disgust
.004 .001 .004 .18
Infection Exposure
Pathogen Disgust
.01 .004 .003 .21
Disease Prevalence
Pathogen Disgust
-.01 .001 <0.001 -.42
Pathogen Disgust
SOI Attitude
.17 .13 .19 .09
Sexual Disgust
SOI Attitude
-.46 .1 <0.001 -.33
SOI Attitude
SOI Behavior
.36 .05 <0.001 .49
Structural Equation Model Fit Indices χ2 [201] = 566.88, p < .0001, SRMR = .12,
RMSEA = .08, CFI = .88, TLI = .863
Limitations • Self-reported environmental pathogen
load • Disease prevalence data at a national
level • mTurk participants still not necessarily
representative • What other factors influence variation in
disgust sensitivity? Take a picture to download more informa9on!
✉ jesshlay@gmail.com @jesshlay
Other Background Info • ↑ Environmental harshness = ↓ disgust • ↑ Self-report health = ↓ disgust • ↑ Sexual disgust = ↓ short-term mating
strategy • ↑ Disease threat = ↓ short-term
mating, ↓ future promiscuity, ↑ long- term mating
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