Statistics

Category 4 3 2 1 0

Amount of

Material*

It is conceivable this

would take you at least

7 minutes to present on

your own, and at least 5

minutes for each

additional group

member.

Your content falls about

1 minute short.

Your content is between

2-3 minutes short

Your content is less than

4 minutes worth. You have no content.

Content of

Material

All background material

(including any biases and

citations) is clearly

documented in your

project. This should

include how you

collected the data (exact

phrasing of questions,

who you asked, etc) if

you collected your own

data.

Most of your

background is explained,

but it is not clearly

articulated or is in some

way incomplete. For

example, you discuss

where you got the data,

but forget to discuss

their bias, even if you

feel they have none, you

need to state this.

Some of the material

was discussed, but not

all. In general, 50% or

less was detailed. For

example, you may have

been discussing student

grade distribution but

fail to discuss what class

these grades are from.

The data you have

collected (either yourself

or via some other

medium) is not

appropriate for the test

you chose to do.

Any material is

plagiarized.

Realize that if any of this is unclear, you are welcome to ask questions up until the project is due. At that point, it is assumed all directions were

clear.

Points Awarded

Statistics/

parameters

All statistics and/or

parameters used,

estimated, or found

during this analysis are

clearly outlined, labeled,

and appropriate/correct.

Most of your

statistics/paramters

(roughly 75% or more)

are labeled clearly and

are correct.

Roughly half of your

statistics/parameters

are correct and

accurately labeled.

Some of your

statistics/parameters

are correct; some of the

statistics/parameters

are labeled, however,

most of them are

incorrect and/or labeled

inappropriately.

You have no

statistics/parameters, or

they are all incorrect.

Work

The work you show is

accurate, appropriate to

the course, and is well

documented (i.e. all

steps are shown and

shown clearly). It is easy

to follow what you are

doing and why.

Most of your work is

clear and your reasoning

is sound, but perhaps

there is an error that

that makes a portion of

your analysis invalid.

Roughly half of your

work is clear and/or

accurate, but there are

some major issues that

bring your analysis into

question.

All material comes from

other sources, i.e. no

original content.

However, it is cited

properly.

No statistical analysis

was completed.

Otherwise, certain

analysis was described,

but never done.

Conclusion

Your conclusion is clearly

labeled, accurate to your

analysis, and wraps up

all of your initially posed

questions (though it may

propose questions for

further research). This

conclusion should be

able to be understood

by someone who has

never encountered

statisics in a formal

setting. In other words,

do not use technical

phrases such as

"confidence interval"

rather, explain what this

tells us; a so-what

factor.

The conclusion

summarizes the project

well, with minor flaws or

adjustments necessary.

There are minimal

inaccuracies in

interpretations and no

major pieces were left

unresolved.

A conclusion is given

that somehwat

summarizes what

happened in the project,

but is perhaps slightly

unapproachable, or

otherwise inconsice.

Brevity and accuracy are

perhaps low. Or

otherwise, there are an

unhealthy level of

inaccuracies or

unresolved questions.

A conclusion is implied,

but not stated or there is

a conclusion that has

much technical jargon

and is considered

unapproachable to

someone who has no

statistical background.

No conclusion is given;

project is incomplete or

is unintelligible.

Bonus points may be awarded at instructor's discretion.

*Mostly this will be based on reading times for myself. You know that I speak a little quickly, so be sure to have enough material. It is also

worth noting, that you are *not* presenting this presentation you are preparing, make sure that you have a written script of what you might

have said to accompany a sparse power point. [There is actually a built in feature for PowerPoint to do this, if you would like me to show you

how.]