Excellent
(10-9 pts) Citations
were included in the
report as needed
and references
matched the
citations in
appropriate format
Good
(8-7 pts) Citations
were included in the
report as needed
and references
matched the
citations in
appropriate format
with only a few
errors
Above Average
(6-5 pts) Most
citations were
included in the
report as needed
and references
matched the
citations in
appropriate format
with few errors
Grammar,
sentence
structure,
spelling, etc.
(30%)
(30–27 pts) No
misspellings/
grammatical errors;
sentences are
clear, complete
(26-23 pts) Very
few misspellings/
grammatical errors;
sentences are
mostly clear,
complete
Statistical
analysis (30%)
(30–27 pts) Correct
analysis conducted
and correctly
interpreted
Clarity of
thought,
presentation
(30%)
(30–27 pts) Paper
is insightful,
logically organized,
well integrated and
well written
(26-23 pts) Correct
analysis conducted
and correctly
interpreted with only
minor flaws
(26-23 pts) Paper
provides some
insight, is logically
organized, is
integrated, and
generally well
written
Correct citations,
references
(including
format) (10%)
Poor
(2-1 pts) Few
citations were
included in the
report as needed
and references did
not match the
citations; reference
format contained
many errors
Unacceptable
(0 pts)
No
citations were
included in the
report as needed
(22-19 pts) Few
misspellings/
grammatical errors;
sentences are
mostly clear,
complete
Acceptable
(4-3 pts) Most
citations were
included in the
report as needed
and references
matched the
citations in
appropriate format
but with many
errors
(18-10 pts) Several
misspellings/
grammatical errors;
sentences are not
very clear, not very
complete
(9-1 pts) Many
misspellings/
grammatical errors;
sentences are not
clear, not complete
(22-19 pts) Correct
analysis conducted
and interpreted with
major flaws
(18-10 pts)
Incorrect analysis
conducted but
correctly interpreted
(9-1 pts) Incorrect
analysis conducted
and with incorrect
interpretation
(0 pts) Almost
unreadable
because of
misspellings/
grammatical errors;
sentences are not
complete, not
understandable
(0 pts)
No analysis nor
interpretation
(22-19 pts) Paper
provides some
insight, is mostly
logically organized,
is integrated, and is
more than
adequately written
(18-10 pts) Paper
provides some
insight, is logically
organized, is
integrated, and is
adequately written
(9-1 pts) Paper
provides little
insight, is not very
logically organized,
is not integrated
and is poorly written
(0 pts) Paper
provides no insight
nor integration and
is poorly written