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Not Acceptable – 1

Acceptable – 3

Outstanding – 5

· Missing, messy, no visuals, missing name, title, written for

· Missing a few things but overall its acceptable

· Clean, organized, eye-catching

· Visuals included

· Includes name, title, and who it is written to

Not Acceptable – 1

Acceptable – 5

Outstanding – 10

· Missing, confusing, unclear

· Final decisions/recommendations and reasoning are unclear

· A few errors in writing & grammar

· Could be more clear

· Single paragraph

· Immediately know what decision you are recommending and why

· Flawless writing and grammar

Not Acceptable – 1

Acceptable – 10

Outstanding – 20

· Missing, confusing, unclear

· Recommendations do not match model

· Reaches farther than the model can explain

· Implies causation

· Problem/goal of report is unclear

· Decisions/recommendations need work, unclear

· The decision-making process is confusing

· Explains final model and predictors in a basic manner

· Does not demonstrate how model can be used or is not 100% accurate

· Problems with writing and grammar

· 2-3 pages

· Clearly explains the problem/goal of report

· Clearly explains what decisions/recommendations should be made and why

· Clearly explains the decision-making process

· Includes confidence level of decisions

· References appendices when needed

· Clearly explains final model and predictors

· Demonstrates how model can be used

· Flawless writing and grammar

Not Acceptable – 5

Acceptable – 7

Outstanding – 10

· Missing, confusing, unclear

· Final decisions/recommendations and reasoning are unclear

· No model shown

· No explanation of how model works

· A few errors in writing & grammar

· Could be more clear

· Single paragraph

· Immediately know what decision you are recommending and why

· Shows final model

· Explains how final model works

· Flawless writing and grammar

Not Acceptable – 5

Acceptable – 10

Outstanding – 20

· Missing, confusing, unclear

· No mention of how confident you are, what your alpha is, and why you included non-significant predictors in your model

· A few errors in writing & grammar

· Missing regression tables

· Discusses the model output - r, r^2, F, p but interpretation is lacking

· Flawless writing and grammar

· Shows regression tables or explanation is clear enough that tables are not needed

· Discusses correctly in detail about the model output - r, r^2, F, p

· Discusses in detail the individual relationships with DV, potential collinearity concerns, outliers, and missing data concerns (for variables in final model only)

Not Acceptable – 5

Acceptable – 10

Outstanding – 20

· Missing, confusing, unclear

· A few errors in writing & grammar

· Explanation of model development is not detailed or decisions were unclear and/or wrong

· Flawless writing and grammar

· Explanation of model development is comprehensive, clear, and accurate

Not Acceptable - 1

Acceptable – 10

· Descriptives and correlations for all 11 variables are missing

· Descriptives and correlations for all 11 variables is included

Not Acceptable - 1

Acceptable –10

· Missing

Data set is described and citation is given