Histograms and Descriptive Statistics - due in 48 hours

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Apply the appropriate SPSS procedures for creating histograms to generate relevant output.

Does not provide SPSS output.

Provides SPSS output with errors.

Applies the appropriate SPSS procedures for creating histograms to generate relevant output.

Analyzes the histogram output, demonstrating insight and understanding of relevant data.

Interpret histogram results, including concepts of skew, kurtosis, outliers, symmetry, and modality.

Does not provide an interpretation of histogram results.

Provides an interpretation of histogram results.

Interprets histogram results, including concepts of skew, kurtosis, outliers, symmetry, and modality.

Evaluates histogram results, including concepts of skew, kurtosis, outliers, symmetry, and modality.

Analyze the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram.

Does not identify the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram.

Identifies the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram.

Analyzes the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram.

Evaluates the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram. Demonstrates insight and understanding of relevant data.

Apply the appropriate SPSS procedure for generating descriptive statistics to generate relevant output.

Does not provide SPSS output.

Includes some, but not all, of the required output. Numerous errors in SPSS output.

Applies the appropriate SPSS procedure for generating descriptive statistics to generate relevant output.

Applies the appropriate SPSS procedure for generating descriptive statistics to generate relevant output. Includes all relevant output; no irrelevant output is included. No errors in SPSS output.

Analyze meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics.

Does not identify meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics.

Identifies meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics.

Analyzes meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics.

Evaluates meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics.

Interpret descriptive statistics for meaningful variables.

Does not identify meaningful variables.

Identifies meaningful variables.

Interprets descriptive statistics for meaningful variables.

Evaluates descriptive statistics for meaningful variables.

Apply the appropriate SPSS procedures for creating z scores and descriptive statistics to generate relevant output.

Does not provide SPSS output.

Provides SPSS output with errors.

Applies the appropriate SPSS procedures for creating z scores and descriptive statistics to generate relevant output.

Analyzes the z scores and descriptive statistics output, demonstrating insight and understanding of relevant data.

Analyze the relevant data from the computation, interpretation, and application of z scores.

Does not identify the relevant data or generate output.

Identifies the relevant data and generates output.

Analyzes the relevant data from the computation, interpretation, and application of z scores.

Evaluates the relevant data from the computation, interpretation, and application of z scores. Justifies the meaningfulness of selected variables.

Analyze real-world application of Type I and Type II errors, and the research decisions that influence the relative risk of each.

Does not describe a real-world application of Type I and Type II errors and the research decisions that influence the relative risk of each.

Describes, but does not analyze, a real-world application of Type I and Type II errors and the research decisions that influence the relative risk of each.

Analyzes a real-world application of Type I and Type II errors and the research decisions that influence the relative risk of each.

Evaluates real-world application of Type I and Type II errors and the research decisions that influence the relative risk of each.

Apply the logic of null hypothesis testing to cases.

Does not apply the logic for null hypothesis testing.

Inconsistently applies the logic for null hypothesis testing.

Applies the logic of null hypothesis testing to cases.

Analyzes the logic of null hypothesis testing. Demonstrates insight and understanding of relevant data to either reject or not reject the null hypothesis.

Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the identified field of study.

Does not communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members in the identified field of study.

Inconsistently communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members in the identified field of study.

Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members in the identified field of study.

Communicates in a manner that is professional, scholarly, and consistent with expectations for members of the identified field of study. Adheres to APA guidelines, and work is appropriate for publication.