Final
Project Rubric
There are two
portions to the final project, a written portion and a
presentation portion. This is adapted from https://www.causeweb.org/usproc/report-template-USCLAP
Due: Friday, December 8 at 11:59pm
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Abstract |
10 pts |
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Succinctly
and correctly summarizes the research question, methods, results
and conclusions, no more than 150 words |
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Background
and significance |
10 pts |
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States
the research question ·
Describes
where the data came from ·
Provides
background information on the data set ·
Provides
background/ significance of the research question |
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Methods |
15 pts |
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Describes
the data (what are the observations? What are the variables? Is there any
missing data?) ·
Describes
how missing data will be handled (if necessary) ·
Describes
the model(s) fit ·
Describes
the assumptions of these models and how the assumptions will be assessed ·
Describes
how the models will be compared ·
Describes
how the final model will be chosen |
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Results |
25 pts |
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Visualizes
the data. Create a plot for the distribution of the outcome. Create a table
with the statistics about the variables included (median, IQR for continuous
variables, percents for categorical) ·
Shows
which model was chosen and why (give the equation for the final model as well
as the statistics that designated it as “best”) ·
Shows
that the final model fits the assumptions ·
Shows a
table of the coefficients for the final model with confidence intervals ·
Correctly
interprets the final model |
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Discussion
& Conclusion |
5 pts |
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Summarizes
what you learned from the models, how they answered your research question ·
A discussion of the
research, the limitations of the current research, reasonableness of any
assumptions made, possibilities of future work/studies that should be
conducted, etc |
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Appendix |
5 pts |
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Includes
all R code ·
Includes
any additional plots/tables from the intermediate models (the ones that were
not chosen as the “final” model) |
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Appearance |
5 pts |
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12 pt font ·
Single
spaced ·
PDF
format ·
3 pages
(not including References and Appendix) ·
All
plots are labeled ·
All
plots and tables have captions ·
All
code is in the Appendix ·
All
tables are made using the `kable()` function |
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Total |
75 |
Slide Due: Tuesday,
December 5 at noon
Presentation: Wednesday (Dec 6)
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Presentation
style |
5 |
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The
presentation “slide” fits the template discussed in class ·
The
font is large enough (legible) ·
The
plots include labels and are large enough to see ·
All
members of the group speak during the presentation |
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Introduction |
2.5 |
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The
research question is clearly identified ·
The
data source is clearly explained |
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Methods |
10 |
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The
models being compared are clearly described ·
How the
assumptions of these models will be assessed is clearly described ·
How the
“best” model will be selected is described |
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Results |
5 |
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·
The
model that was chosen is clearly described (along with the statistic that
made this model “best” |
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Discussion
& Conclusion |
2.5 |
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·
A brief
description of what was learned |
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Total |
25 |