Practical Application of Statistical Analysis

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Interpret results presented in a peer reviewed article in the field of public health.

16%

Does not interpret results presented in a peer reviewed article in the field of public health.

Describes, but does not interpret results presented in a peer reviewed article in the field of public health.

Interprets results presented in a peer reviewed article in the field of public health.

Interprets results presented in a peer reviewed article in the field of public health, and identifies criteria that could be used to evaluate the appropriateness of the interpretation.

Identify variables used in a public health study.

14%

Does not identify variables used in a public health study.

Identifies some of the variables used in a public health study, but the identification is unclear or incomplete.

Identifies variables used in a public health study.

Identifies variables used in a public health study, and provides additional real world examples that further enhance understanding and importance of the study.

Highlight the descriptive statistics used to identify problems with collected data.

14%

Does not highlight the descriptive statistics used to identify problems with collected data.

Identifies descriptive statistics used to identify problems with collected data, but fails to call out the specific highlights.

Highlights the descriptive statistics used to identify problems with collected data.

Highlights the descriptive statistics used to identify problems with collected data, and identifies criteria that could be used to evaluate the appropriateness of the choices made.

Describe how inferential statistics were used to test a hypothesis.

14%

Does not highlight the descriptive statistics used to identify problems with collected data.

Describes how inferential statistics were used to test a hypothesis, but the description is unclear or incomplete.

Describes how inferential statistics were used to test a hypothesis.

Describes how inferential statistics were used to test a hypothesis, and identifies areas of uncertainty, knowledge gaps, or additional information that would be needed in order to improve the description.

Recommend next steps based on interpretation of results of a statistical analysis.

14%

Does not recommend next steps based on interpretation of results of a statistical analysis.

Recommends next steps based on interpretation of results of a statistical analysis, but the recommendation is unclear or incomplete.

Recommends next steps based on interpretation of results of a statistical analysis.

Recommends next steps based on interpretation of results of a statistical analysis, and identifies criteria that could be used to evaluate the appropriateness of the recommendations

Follow APA formatting guidelines for resources and citations.

14%

Does not follow current APA formatting guidelines for resources and citations.

Partially follows current APA formatting guidelines for resources and citations with frequent errors.

Follows current APA formatting guidelines for resources and citations.

Follows current APA formatting guidelines for resources and citation, completely free of errors.

Create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

14%

Does not create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

Creates a document that is not clearly written or contains frequent grammatical errors.

Creates a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

Creates a document that is well organized, clearly written, and completely free of grammatical errors.