Doctoral Level Stats Paper and Presentation

Data Analysis Presentation: Further Instructions and Grading Rubric

During the final face-to-face class meeting of the semester, students will present the findings of the analyses tied to their final paper. The following elements are required:

• Background/intro • Statement of purpose • Research Questions • Methodology

o Data utilized (where it came from, what it represents, etc.) o Variables of interest (what they represent, how they are measured, etc.) o Technique(s) (chosen technique(s) should relate to your RQs)

 Assumptions and evidence you did not violate them • Results

o Display key elements of results (avoid pasting all output, that is overwhelming) o Interpret the results in practical terms

• Conclusion o Here you can talk about the implications of your findings and/or provide a status update on

your full report

Presentations should be approximately 10 minutes (no more than 12) and supported with a slide deck (PowerPoint or otherwise). Students should rehearse so that they, a) can speak confidently about their analysis, and b) stay within the allotted time. Students that are struggling to launch their analysis are encouraged to schedule office hours well before the final class meeting.

Overall assignment score

Criteria 0-7 8-14 15-20

Visual (slide deck)

• Messy slides • Several slides with too

little information or ones that are overly text-dense

• Slides contribute to incoherence of presentation

• some text-dense slides • some messiness or

inconsistency in formatting of slides

• sequence of slides is mostly logical and does a fair job of framing presentation

• Slides are not overly dense with text

• Slides are clean yet appealing

• Sequence of slides is logical and frames the presentation well

Quality of Presentation

• Speaker is not engaging • Techniques incorrectly

explain • Analysis results are

unclear

• Speech lacks confidence and/or organization

• Some incorrect or misleading information

• Analyses not thoroughly explained

• Engaging, confident speech

• Information conveyed is accurate

• Analyses and results are clearly explained

Adherence to Guidelines

• Outside of 8 to 12 minute range

• Missing visual aid

• Somewhere between 8 and 12 minutes

• Had visual aid

• Approximately 10 minutes • Has visual aid

Presentations will be graded based on a combination of the visual, quality of presentation, and adherence to guidelines. Submissions that earn a full score of 60 will fully satisfy the criteria of the right-most column.