BU.232.650 Project Assignment
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The Johns Hopkins University
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Project Assignment
1 Group Project
The project requires each group to identify a problem of interest and locate data that is relevant to the problem. The task is to develop a series of research questions based on theory or past empirical evidence and then apply some of the techniques covered in class (or not covered) on such data for testing.
2 Data Sets
Students are encouraged to collect data by themselves. Students can collect data from any public sources.
* Be sure that if you are getting data from other sources that you have permission to use that information.
3 Analysis and Report
Students should work closely in a group on data collection, data analysis and the resulting interpretation. In the project report, students are to describe the results and conclusion of your analysis. Keep in mind that plots, tables and other visual representations are useful in conveying your conclusions. In addition, you may want to include the following parts in your reports.
(1) Questions. Write the questions you want to explore with the data sets. After each question, state your expected answers, which may prove different from your conclusions because they are generated prior to your analysis.
(2) Data Description. Describe the data sets. How was the data collected? What is the data, e.g., variables and results? Briefly summarize the data. Provide the URL link if available.
(3) Methodologies. Write a complete, clear description of the analysis you performed. This section should tie your computations to your questions, indicating exactly what results would lead you
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to what conclusion.
(4) Results and Conclusion. Discuss your results. Focus in particular on the results that are most interesting, surprising, or important. Discuss the consequences or implications. Interpret the results: if the answers are unexpected, then see whether you can find an explanation for them, such as an external factor that your analysis did not account for.
You may want to have a title for your project report. At the beginning, all the group members’ names should be included.
4 Presentation
Each group should select two or three team members to present their projects in class. Each presentation should be around 12 minutes. It is encouraged to use slides (e.g., MS PowerPoint, LaTex, etc). The slide deck should summarize the main points of your report, including motivation, research questions, and results.
During the presentations, all other students from different groups including the instructor should actively ask questions. Asking questions of the other groups is part of your participation and how each group deals with these questions is part of the project grade.
5 Project Submission
Each group submits only once. Your submission should include a project report, data set (the URL link is OK if your data set is too large) and slide deck. The project reports should be within 4 – 6 pages long (you can use additional pages for figures, graphs, etc.) with 12pt font size and 1.5 or double spacing.
6 Important Dates
(1) One Hour before Session 8: Project submission via Blackboard including everything, e.g., data set, report and presentation slides. If your data set is too big or sensitive, a sample subset should be fine.
(2) Session 8: Project presentation. Also, before presentation, give your instructor a hardcopy
of your project report.
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