Excel assignment due in 48 hours
Oral Presentation Guidelines
EXSS 6310 Lab Spring 2021
General Overview
Oral presentations (OP) are generally 10 minutes
OP cover the same main topics of a paper
Title
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
For this class OP we will cover:
Title
Introduction
Results
Discussion
General PPT Rules
Fancy backgrounds are not always best
big contrast between font and background (black on white, white/yellow on black) tend to be best
Check on a projector to see how readable your presentation is.
With a recorded presentation like this, it is ok to use a different back ground as someone will be watching it on a screen.
Size 24 font minimum (this is 40)
Avoid unique font types (Times, Georgia =Good fancy=bad)
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General PPT Rules
Keep to bullet points
Limit wording-helps keep you from reading off the slide and encourages you to expand on topics
(the last two slides are terrible examples in this case, but there is no audio to expand on the bullet points)
Font animations occasionally can be beneficial, but usually are just annoying and take up time
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Presentation Guidelines
General breakdown of a presentation
Intro: 1-3 minutes
Results:1-3 minutes
Discussion: 4-5 minutes
Introduction
Provide a synopsis of what you have been asked to do.
Assume that the person evaluating you has not read your scenario/assignment
However, do be concise
Again slide should have bullet points and you should fill in the details
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Results
It is best to have the results in figures or table form
Provide means and SD
Do not be redundant (no table and figure of the same data)
At the end of all results provide a summary slide that highlights the main findings
Do not discuss the meaning of the results while discussing the results
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Results
Do not copy and paste SPSS results into presentation
They are hard to read (too small of font)
They have lots of other data that is not necessarily import
Draws the eye away from the important data
Typically all results are provided and then discussion occurs. For this project you can provide results for a single question and then discuss that question before showing the results for the next question
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Sample Graph (title has been removed)-Note Means+SD and symbol for significance
*
Graph Title would be place in the title box in a power point
*= significant difference (p < 0.05 between push ring and pull ring)
* Denotes significant difference. You must then define the symbol at the bottom of the graph. If no significant differences, no symbols and no writing at the bottom and then you would state, “no significant differences”
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Discussion
What was the most important finding of your results
Restate the results
What are the real life implication of these results
How do your results compare to previous studies
What could be limitations of how the coach collected his data (focus on what he collected, not about possible errors getting the data)
What is the “take home” message from the study (was application on paper)
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