Grading Rubric for Statistics 301 Project #1
Group Members:
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Total Project Score: ________ out of 30 points
1) Summary of the data.
a. 2 pts. Characteristics of the explanatory
(X) variable.
Did you look at the distribution of your
explanatory variable and describe the
variation present?
b. 4 pts. Study design.
Did you summarize the relevant aspects
of the study design?
2) Description of the relationship between
the explanatory and response variables.
a. 2 pts. Summary of the relationship.
Did you verbally or graphically describe
the relationship between the X and Y
variables?
b. 4 pts. Did you report some quantity that
summarizes the relationship between the
two variables?
Did you interpret this in the context of the
topic?
Did you include information about what
X values require extrapolating the model
to unmeasured X values? (or what X
values don’t require extrapolation.)
c. 4 pts. Inference to the population.
Did you make appropriate inference(s) to
the population?
Did you support these inferences with
confidence intervals and/or tests of
hypotheses, as appropriate?
Did you interpret your inference(s) in the
context of the topic?
3) Evaluation of assumptions
a. 4 pts. Assumptions.
Did you assess the assumptions for
conducting valid statistical analyses?
Did you interpret results from the
assessment tool(s) correctly?
(Note: this is not ‘do I agree with you’, it
is ‘did you assess XX using an
appropriate tool’)
b. 2 pts. Reaction.
If appropriate, how did you react to
concerns about assumptions?
c. 2 pts.
Did you include information that allows
the reader to make their own decision
about assumptions in the final model?
4) Structure, General
a. 3 pts. Executive Summary.
Did you include an executive summary at
the beginning of your report?
Does this appropriately summarize your
findings?
b. 3 pts. Following Guidelines.
Did you follow the guidelines in the
project description?
If there are additional topic-specific
questions, did you answer them?
Did your team meet the deadlines?