ThisPortfolio Project is worth 28% of your grade
Outcomes
Completing this Assessment will help you to meet the following:
Course Outcomes
models using Microsoft Excel.
Institutional Outcomes
Deadline
Deliverable items for the Portfolio Project will be required at different points during the course. Details for each submission are included below in the Deliverable Descriptions.
This is an opportunity for you to showcase to your employer your statistical analysis, analyzing, and synthesis skills using Excel and Word.The results of your research should provide evidence and persuasion for your employer to act on your research findings within your research paper.
Your Portfolio Project must be formatted as follows:
This week you will be completing the below sections of your research paper as a continuation of your research project.
Conclusion: Based on your data, discuss the following in your Word document:
Reflection: Finally, include a discussion of the project itself within your Word document. Discuss the following in this reflection:
Below you will find an example of the research paper you can use as a template. The example is based on a Criminal Justice topic.
Data.gov: http://data.gov
US Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/data.html
Open Data Network: https://www.opendatanetwork.com/
European Union Open Data Portal: http://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/
Data.gov.uk: http://data.gov.uk/
Canada Open Data: https://open.canada.ca/en
The CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Healthdata.gov: https://www.healthdata.gov/
UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/reports
World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/en/
Amazon Web Services public datasets: http://aws.amazon.com/datasets
Google Public Data Explorer: https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory
Gapminder: http://www.gapminder.org/data/
National Climatic Data Center: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/quick-links#loc-clim
Dr. John Rasp’s Statistics Website:http://www2.stetson.edu/~jrasp/data.htm
MATH309 Portfolio Project Grading Rubric |
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Criteria |
Level 4 |
Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 | Points |
Statement of Problem10 points |
10 points
Problem is in students’ degree field, clearly stated, and relates to the topic. |
8 points
Problem is clearly stated and relates to the topic. |
6 points
Problem is clearly stated. |
0 points
Problem is not clearly stated. |
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Literature Review20 points |
10 points
Student locates four or more sources and objectively discusses their findings and relationship to study. |
8 points
Student locates three sources for the literature review and discusses their findings and relationship to the study. |
6 points
Student locates two sources for and discusses their findings. |
0 points Student fails to locate any sources. |
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Goal Statement5 points |
5 points
Goal statement is interesting, clear, and relates to the topic. |
4 points
Goal statement is clear and relates to the topic. |
3.5 points
Goal statement is clear. |
0 points
Goal statement is not clear. |
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Research Questions10 points |
10 points
Provides a series of interesting research questions and clearly identifies each of the variables and their potential influence on other variables. |
8 points
Provides a series of research questions and identifies some variables along with some of their potential influence on other variables. |
6 points
Provides some research questions and identifies a few variables. |
0 points
No research questions provided |
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Methodology10 points |
10 points
Hypothesis is interesting, plan to test hypothesis is effective, data organization is efficient, plan to calculate statistical data is effective, plan to investigate associated dispersions is effective, regression analysis plan is effective, and/or the measurements are appropriate. |
8 points
Hypothesis is effective, plan to test hypothesis is provided, data organization is evident, plan to calculate statistical data is presented, plan to investigate associated dispersions is indicated, regression analysis plan is offered, and/or the measurements are provided. |
6 points
Hypothesis is ineffective, plan to test hypothesis is ineffective, data organization is ineffective, plan to calculate statistical data is ineffective, plan to investigate associated dispersions is ineffective, regression analysis plan is ineffective, and/or the measurements are inappropriate. |
0 points
No hypothesis is provided, there is no plan to test the hypothesis, data organization plan is not provided, statistical processes are not provided, and no measurements are offered. |
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Data Analysis40 points |
40 points
Data analysis and Excel work is structured in column format, answers identified, and columns labeled, and very thorough, and appropriate to the topic. Analysis justifies and support conclusions. |
32 points
Data analysis and Excel work is good and reasonably complete. Conclusions are consistent with analysis. |
28 points
Analysis is rudimentary at best. Conclusions are present but not well supported by the analysis. |
0 points
Analysis is inappropriate or missing. Conclusions are invalid or missing. |
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Conclusion10 points |
10 points
Conclusion and Reflection are interesting, clearly stated, related to the topic, and addresses all stated questions in the supplied assignment prompt. |
8 points
Conclusion and Reflection are clear, mostly relates to the topic, and addresses most stated questions in the supplied assignment prompt. |
6 points
Conclusion and Reflection are somewhat clear, somewhat relates to the topic, and addresses some of the stated questions in the supplied assignment prompt. |
0 points
Conclusion and Reflection are unclear, does not relate to the topic, and addresses few if any of the stated questions in the supplied assignment prompt. |
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Grammar, Mechanics, and Information Literacy5 points |
5 points
Few, if any, grammatical or mechanical errors. All supplied data and sources are appropriate and properly documented in APA format. |
4 points
Some grammatical and mechanical errors. Some supplied data and sources are appropriate and properly documented in APA format. |
3.5 points
Many grammatical and mechanical errors. Most supplied data is not appropriate and is not properly documented in APA format. |
0 points
Grammatical and mechanical errors seriously inhibit the project’s effectiveness. Nearly all or all of the supplied data is inappropriate and and is not properly documented in APA format. |
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Instructor Comments: | Total Points: |
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