Complete survey questions and create survey

SOCI 3111 Social Research Methods / Fall Semester 2019 Columbus State University / Dept. of Criminal Justice and Sociology

SOCI 3111 Project Paper 2 Rubric* PART A & B

Criteria

50-40 points 39-30 points 29-20 points 19 and below

1. PART A –

Revising Poor

Survey Questions

Writing clearly identifies

the problematic issues of

each question and fully

and logically justifies why

their revised question is

an improvement.

Writing presents most of

the issues of each poorly

worded survey question.

Displays discernable

arguments and most

questions are improved.

Writing points out major

issues with poorly worded

survey questions but

commentary is

sometimes vague,

generic or simplistic.

Significant portion of

analysis lacks concrete

details and commentary

on questions is either

weak or missing.

2. PART B –

Student Survey

Survey presents a series

of logical and connected

questions that build upon

each other.

Survey addresses the

central ideas behind the

topic and has high face

and internal validity.

Offers clear instructions

for the reader and is neat

and easy to read.

Demonstrates the best

practices of survey

design from Schutt and

other sources.

Survey presents a

coherent and connected

survey with relevant and

mostly valid questions

that addresses the topic

at hand.

Mostly demonstrates the

best practices of survey

design from Schutt and

other sources.

Format appears neat and

readable, and survey

offers mostly clear

instructions to the reader.

Survey presents some

coherent and valid

questions but could be

presented in a more

logical manner.

Some questions are

unclear or poorly worded.

Instructions may cause

some confusion or is

incomplete for the reader.

Format is disjointed at

places and instructions

are vague or incomplete.

Survey has little to no

identifiable organization

in questions. Instructions

are conflicting or

confusing.

Questions offer little or no

validity or relevance to

the topic selected. Poorly

worded questions distract

from the overall format.

Survey is significantly

impaired by poor editing

or unclear instructions.

*Please note that instructors use scoring rubrics such as these as a general guide to help them in their overall assessment of student work rather than

a contract. Contact me with your questions about this rubric guide.