Histograms and Descriptive Statistics
holr2n1HISTOGRAMS AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS SCORING GUIDE
Due Date: End of Unit 3. Percentage of Course Grade: 12%.
HISTOGRAMS AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS SCORING GUIDE GRADING RUBRIC |
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Criteria |
Non-performance |
Basic |
Proficient |
Distinguished |
Apply the appropriate SPSS procedures for creating histograms to generate relevant output. 10% |
No SPSS output provided. |
Includes some, but not all, of required the output. Numerous errors in SPSS output. |
Applies the appropriate SPSS procedures for creating histograms to generate relevant output. |
Includes all relevant output; no irrelevant output included; no errors in SPSS output. |
Analyze the concepts of skew, kurtosis, outliers, symmetry, and modality for two histograms. 20% |
No interpretation provided. |
Explains the basic definitions of skew, kurtosis, outlier, symmetry, and modality. |
Analyzes the concepts of skew, kurtosis, outliers, symmetry, and modality for two histograms. |
Evaluates the concepts of skew, kurtosis, outliers, symmetry, and modality for two histograms. |
Identify the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram. 15% |
Does not identify the strengths and limitations of examining a distribution of scores with a histogram. |
Partially identifies 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. |
Apply the appropriate SPSS procedure for generating descriptive statistics to generate relevant output. 10% |
No SPSS output provided. |
Includes some, but not all, of required the output. Numerous errors in SPSS output. |
Apply the appropriate SPSS procedure for generating descriptive statistics to generate relevant output. |
Includes all relevant output; no irrelevant output included. No errors in SPSS output. |
Analyze meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics. 15% |
Does not analyze meaningful versus meaningless variables reported in descriptive statistics. |
Identifies but does not analyze 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. 20% |
No interpretation provided. |
Identifies but does not interpret descriptive statistics. |
Interprets descriptive statistics. |
Evaluates descriptive statistics. |
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the psychological professions. 10% |
Does not communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the psychological professions. |
Inconsistently communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the psychological professions. |
Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the psychological professions. |
Without exception, communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the psychological professions. |