Project

Rubric for Project

Points Possible

Points Earned

Introduction/Title:

6

Title is clear and in the form of a question

2

Introduction clearly describes the question that is being investigated

2

Introduction clearly states the hypotheses for the question of interest

2

Data Collection:

6

The data is clearly described

3

Data source is presented

3

Graphs and Summary Statistics:

10

Appropriate graphs are used (help answer the overall question of interest)

2

Graphs are accurate and neat

2

Graphs are easy to compare (same scale, colors, etc.)

2

Appropriate summary statistics are calculated (help answer the overall question of interest)

2

Summary statistics are calculated correctly (raw data is included)

2

Discussion and Conclusions:

8

Conclusion clearly and correctly addresses the question of interest

2

Conclusion is supported by the appropriate inferential procedure

2

Appropriate generalizations are made with supporting evidence

2

Shortcomings and/or suggestions for improvement are discussed

2

Overall Impression:

6

Includes live action pictures of data collection

2

Project is organized to answer the question of interest

2

Question of interest is non-trivial and well-formed

2

Oral Presentation:

4

Presentation is well organized

2

Presentation is thorough

1

Questions are handled appropriately

1