Project 3 – Inferential Statistics
KMA153, 2018, Semeseter 2
Marking Guide – out of 79
Overall Structure
Title
• Is the title:
o Grammatically correct and informative (2 MARKS) o Somewhat relevant (1 MARK)
o No title or something like “Project 3” (0 MARKS)
8 marks
Sections
• Does the report have a first section of no more than 1 page that includes Aims, Background and Findings? o Yes, it has all of these sections (2 MARKS)
o It has some but not all of these sections (1 MARK)
o It doesn’t have these sections OR it has them but they are over 1 page long(0 MARKS)
Appendix
•
o o o
Does the report have a statistical appendix of no more than 5 pages that includes Methods and Results, i.e. a set of tables and figures that each relate to each finding?
Yes, it has all of these sections (2 MARKS)
It has some but not all of these sections (1 MARK)
It doesn’t have these sections OR it has them but they are over 5 pages long OR it includes tables and graphs not referenced in or relevant to the findings (0 MARKS)
Language
•
o
o o
Is the report grammatically correct and spell-checked?
Yes (2 MARKS)
There are a few errors (1 MARK)
There are lots of typos and/or grammatically incorrect sentences (0 MARKS)
Aims and Background
Data
• Does the report have a Background section that gives some concise information on the origin and structure of the dataset, i.e. explain what the different variables are?
o Yes (2 MARKS) , somewhat (1 MARK), No (0 MARKS)
4 marks
Language
• Are the aims and background written in clear, non-technical language?
o Yes, (2 MARKS), Some parts were hard to follow (1 MARK), The aims were mostly hard to follow (0 MARKS)
Methods
• The methods section explains what features of Excel were used and gives any relevant formula: o Yes, explanation is clear (3 MARKS), some information missing (2 MARK),
o importantinformationmissing(1MARKS),nomethodssection(0MARKS).
3 marks
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KMA153, 2018, Semeseter 2
Findings
Marks for up to SIX findings (5 MARKS EACH):
30 marks
Interesting
• Is the finding interesting? (An interesting finding should report on something that couldn’t just be due to chance)
o Yes (1 MARK) , No (0 MARKS)
Backed-up
• Is the finding well backed up by supporting evidence?
o Yes, there is a reference to a table with supporting evidence (2 MARK)
o There is reference to a table/figure but it’s not clear how it supports the finding (1 MARK) o No reference to supporting evidence (0 MARKS)
Language
•
o o o
Is the finding informative and written in clear, non-technical language? Yes, I found it informative and easy to understand (2 MARK)
It was a little hard to follow, or not very informative (1 MARK)
No, it used technical jargon (0 MARKS)
Causation
• Does the finding imply cause and effect? Yes (subtract 1 mark)
Analyses
Marks for up to FIVE analysis (4 MARKS EACH):
• There is evidence that analysis has been completed correctly (4 MARKS)
• There is evidence that analysis has been completed but with some minor errors (3 MARKS)
• There is evidence that some of the analysis has been completed (2 MARKS))
• There is evidence that some of the analysis has been completed but with some minor errors (1 MARK)
• No evidence that analysis has been attempted (0 MARKS)
20 marks
Presentation of tables
Labels
Tables are clearly labelled, with plain English variable names that are easy to interpret.
ALWAYS
2 MARKS
SOMETIMES
1 MARK
NEVER
0 MARKS
14 marks
Numbers
Numbers in tables are reported to a sensible number of decimal places
2 MARKS
1 MARK
0 MARKS
Content
The content is concise with information necessary for the given test.
2 MARKS
1 MARK
0 MARKS
Captions
Captions are informative; making it clear what kind of statistical test has been performed.
ALWAYS
4 MARKS
MOSTLY
3 MARKS
SOMETIMES
2 MARKS
RARELY
1 MARK
NEVER
0 MARKS
Formatting
Tables are well formatted and have been laid out in a way that makes them easy to read
4 MARKS
3 MARKS
2 MARKS
1 MARK
0 MARKS
Sanity Checking
Have any of the analyses been misinterpreted? (subtract 2 marks for each offense)
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5 MARKS for each finding (up to 6 findings)