Final report
Overview
The final report is the last part of the project, and it must be done after you’ve turned in the whole final project. It is due April 16. The final report must be completed individually.
There are 2-3 things to turn in for the final report:
1. Reflection
2. Group work report – only if you did the final project in a group
3. Evaluation
Reflection
Write a ~ 1 page reflection on what you have learned from the final project. This is open-ended, but some of the questions you might answer include:
- Was there anything you enjoyed about doing the final project?
- What were some of the challenges you encountered?
- How has this affected the way you think about data analysis?
- How has this affected the way you would plan an experiment?
- How has this affected the way you approach coding in R?
Group work report
If you worked in a group, you must submit a group work report. Briefly explain how your group divided the work and what your contributions were at each stage of the process (proposal, data creation, analysis, writeup).
Evaluation
There will be 5 components to the self-evaluation: ( 1) Effort, (2) Analysis, (3) R, (4) Incorporating feedback, (5) Completion. For each component you will be proposing a grade according to a set of criteria. Details will be posted on Quercus by April 5.
I will be taking your proposed grades into consideration in assigning an overall grade for the final project. I will be evaluating the same criteria plus overall quality of the project and work at each stage, in particular focusing on “quantitative methods” skills:
- analysis and interpretation of results
- R code
- understanding how to connect a research question to results
- basics of experimental design, especially operationalising variables
I will NOT be evaluating your grammar/English or formatting. I need to be able to read and understand your paper, but beyond that please don’t worry about these.