Team G			75/100

CHOI, ERICA JIYOUNG       Senior CMU SHS  L     9.0  ejchoi  
GARG, AIENA               Junior HSS STA  L     9.0  aienag  
KIM, DONG SEOB            Senior MCS CMY  L     9.0  dongseok 
SHOUP, JOHN A.            Soph   HSS H00  L     9.0  johnshou 
CHO, HYE JUNG             Junior HSS STA  L     9.0  hyejungc

1. Student Attitudes Toward Plus/Minus Grading at CMU

   A. Interest.	     	    15/20

      As you point out, this survey was done as a survey of *students*
      by a previous 303 group.

      I think it would be interesting to do this as a survey of
      *faculty*.  

      You might compare faculty results generally with the student
      results reported in the Tartan.

      Also, I understand that a trial is, or will get, underway, in
      which faculty can assign +/- grades but these will not appear on
      transcripts.  If that is so, you might also look at faculty
      attitudes toward the trial.  Will they take it seriously, given
      that the +/- parts "don't count"?

   B. Research Questions.	10/20

      Not much detail here.  What sorts of things are you interested
      in finding out?  It may help here, to focus your attention on
      *faculty* respondents; you may be able to think of more specific
      research questions for a survey of faculty.

   C. References.	     10/10

      fine



2. General Attitude/Behavior on Online Shopping by CMU Students

   A. Interest.		     	15/20

      I have a bit of a "so what" reaction to this topic.  Likely you
      will find that very many students shop online, and likely
      because the benefits of free internet access on campus, impulse-
      and last-minute shopping, etc, outweigh the costs of waiting for
      a shipment to arrive.  It is not clear that there is anything
      that bricks-and-mortar stores can do about this.

      Is there a version of this topic/research question that would
      give results that someone would actually be interested in acting
      on?  

   B. Research Questions.	15/20

      These questions seem like a good start.  In addition, it is
      worth asking what makes people decide *not* to shop online (and
      shop at a retail store instead) -- is it particular products?
      some aspect of the shopping experience?  convenience (ever??)?
      etc. 

   C. References.		10/10

      fine