Subject:
note on presentations: S11-36303
From:
Brian Junker <bj20@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date:
Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:31:49 -0400 (EDT)
To:
"S11-36303":;

Just a quick note about "progress report" presentations this week...

* Each presentation should be about 15 min.
* Every group member should present at least 2 "real" slides
* Easiest to bring your presentation as a pdf on a memory stick
* Attendance is important, even if you are not presenting, and will be
  counted as part of your grade. 

I've attached the grading rubric I'll be using while you make your
presentations. If there are some topics in the rubric that you can't
talk about because you haven't started collecting data, etc., then
talk about your plans for those topics.

at the end of this email is the list of projects in order of presentation.

best,

-BJ

===============

Tue Mar 22:
 * Group B: Alcoholic Energy Drinks
 * Group E: Accuracy of Bus Schedules
 * Group G: Faculty Attitudes toward Plus/Minus Grading
Thu Mar 24:
 * Group D: Student Involvement at Carnegie Mellon
 * Group H: Undergrad Prospects After Graduation
 * Group A: Changing Majors: Why and How Much?
 Tue Mar 29:
 * Group C: Faculty Survey: Student Attendance vs
            Performance
 * Group F: Caffeine Consumption Among Students
 * Group I: What do Elementary School Children Know About
            Architecture?

=============


0-progrep-eval.txt

GRADING SCHEME FOR PRESENTATIONS

Introduction:                                         /10
   What’s it about?
   Research Question & Motivation
   Questionnaire, or at least a couple 
      sample questions from it

Body:                                                 /50
   Describe the work you have done so far
   How sample was selected... 
      Any advice for future 303 students?
   How survey was set up and respondents contacted
   Glitches?  How did you fix ‘em?
   What is the nonresponse or refusal rate so far? 
      How will you decrease it?
   What are the distinguishing features of 
      nonresponders/refusers? 
   Successes? Tell us.
 
Conclusion:                                            /10
   Future work – what’s left to do?
   When will you / did you cut off data collection?
   What post-processing and/or analyses will you 
      perform? (nonresponse, poststratification, 
      answering your research questions, etc.) 
   Anything else?

Individuals:                                           /30
   Know what you're talking about.
   Sound practiced, not rushed.
   At least 2 real slides

Each person will get a score which is the sum of the above (so, 70 pts
from group preparation of slides, 30 pts for individual presentation),
except that un-excused no-shows will get 0. 

0-progrep-eval.txt
	
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