Response Bias 4 = Complete 3 = Substantial 2 = Developing 1 = Minimal Project Rubric Clearly defines the population surveyed States population States population Briefly describes Well thought out survey questions Survey questions are Survey questions OR context but Proposal Clearly states procedures for collecting data included hypothesis included missing details (20%) Reasonable hypothesis of the expected response Hypothesis included bias Well organized, neat, and easy to read Organized, neat, & easy to Unorganized and/or hard Visual aid has Visual Aid Includes appropriate graphs/tables/etc. with read to read severe (30%) consistent color-key for easier comparison of data Includes appropriate Includes graph and/or problems Visually appealing & creative graphs, tables, etc. table Describes context of research Describes context of Introduces context of Briefly describes Clearly states question research with specific research of interest the context of Provides hypothesis question of interest Has specific question OR the research Intro Question of interest is of appropriate difficulty Suggests hypothesis OR has has question of interest appropriate difficulty and hypothesis Method is clearly described Method is clearly described Method of data collection Some evidence Includes appropriate randomization Some effort to incorporate is described of data Data Describes efforts to reduce bias, variability, good data collection Some effort made to collection Collection confounding Quantity is appropriate incorporate good data Quantity of data is appropriate collection Raw data is included in two-way table Appropriate graphs are Graphs and summary Graphs OR (categorical) or in two lists (quantitative) included statistics are included summary Graphs & Appropriate graphs included, graphs are neat, Graphs are neat, clearly statistics are Summary clearly labeled, & easy to compare labeled, easy to compare included Appropriate summary statistics are included in Appropriate summary Statistics discussion (e.g. percentages for categorical data, statistics or raw data means for quantitative data, etc.) included Uses results of study to correctly answer question Makes correct conclusion Makes a partially correct Makes a Discusses what inferences are appropriate based Discusses what inferences conclusion conclusion on study design are appropriate OR shows Shows some evidence of Conclusion Shows good evidence of critical reflection good evidence of critical critical reflection (discusses possible errors, shortcomings, alt. reflection explanations, etc.) Has a clear, holistic understanding of the project Has clear understanding of Does not have full Communication Presentation Speaks clearly & with confidence project understanding of project is unorganized (10%) Does something to engage the audience Speaks clearly & with Communication is & poor confidence unclear/unorganized
Response Bias Project Rubric 4 = Complete 3 = Substantial 2 = Developing 1 = Minimal Proposal (20%) Clearly defines the population surveyed Well thought out survey questions Clearly states procedures for collecting data Reasonable hypothesis of the expected response bias States population Survey questions are included Hypothesis included States population Survey questions OR hypothesis included Briefly describes context but missing details Visual Aid (30%) Well organized, neat, and easy to read Includes appropriate graphs/tables/etc. with consistent color-key for easier comparison of data Visually appealing & creative Organized, neat, & easy to read Includes appropriate graphs, tables, etc. Unorganized and/or hard to read Includes graph and/or table Visual aid has severe problems Intro Describes context of research Clearly states question Provides hypothesis Question of interest is of appropriate difficulty Describes context of research with specific question of interest Suggests hypothesis OR has appropriate difficulty Introduces context of research of interest Has specific question OR has question of interest and hypothesis Briefly describes the context of the research Data Collection Method is clearly described Includes appropriate randomization Describes efforts to reduce bias, variability, confounding Quantity of data is appropriate Method is clearly described Some effort to incorporate good data collection Quantity is appropriate Method of data collection is described Some effort made to incorporate good data collection Some evidence of data collection Graphs & Summary Statistics Raw data is included in two-way table (categorical) or in two lists (quantitative) Appropriate graphs included, graphs are neat, clearly labeled, & easy to compare Appropriate summary statistics are included in discussion (e.g. percentages for categorical data, means for quantitative data, etc.) Appropriate graphs are included Graphs are neat, clearly labeled, easy to compare Appropriate summary statistics or raw data included Graphs and summary statistics are included Graphs OR summary statistics are included Conclusion Uses results of study to correctly answer question Discusses what inferences are appropriate based on study design Shows good evidence of critical reflection (discusses possible errors, shortcomings, alt. explanations, etc.) Makes correct conclusion Discusses what inferences are appropriate OR shows good evidence of critical reflection Makes a partially correct conclusion Shows some evidence of critical reflection Makes a conclusion Presentation (10%) Has a clear, holistic understanding of the project Speaks clearly & with confidence Does something to engage the audience Has clear understanding of project Speaks clearly & with confidence Does not have full understanding of project Communication is unclear/unorganized Communication is unorganized & poor
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