Your project should contain the following:
Statement of the research question: Describe the question you address and any key issues surrounding the question. Identify the target population.
Data collection: Explain how you collected the data. Describe the type of sampling you used. If you did a survey Include any questions you asked. Also, include response rates.
Analyses: Describe the analyses you did. Explain why you believe these methods are justified.
Results: Present relevant descriptive statistics (e.g., the number of men and women surveyed if that is important). Include tables or graphs that support your analyses.
Conclusions: Answer your question of interest.
Discussion: What implications do your results have for the population you sampled from? What could be done to improve the study if it was done again? What types of biases might exist?
The project is to find a question, collect data, use R or Excel to analyze the data, and use statistics to answer that question. The project report will be graded using the following rubric:
Score
1.
Interpretation
Ability to explain information presented in mathematical forms (e.g., equations, graphs, diagrams, tables, words)
2.
Representation
Ability to convert relevant information into various mathematical forms (e.g., equations, graphs, diagrams, tables, words)
3.
Calculation
Calculations attempted are essentially all successful and sufficiently comprehensive to solve the problem.
4.
Application/Analysis
Ability to make judgments and draw appropriate conclusions based on the quantitative analysis of data, while recognizing the limits of this analysis
5.
Assumptions
Ability to make and evaluate important assumptions in estimation, modeling, and data analysis
6.
Communication
Expressing quantitative evidence in support of the argument or purpose of the work (in terms of what evidence is used and how it is formatted, presented, and contextualized)