Project - General Information & Grading
Objective: Over the course of this semester, you will use data to gain real-life experience using the statistical techniques we are studying this semester.
The Math 15/215 Project will consist of several parts, which you will work on and turn in over the semester.
- Part 1: Survey - due Saturday, August 31
- Part 2: Data Collection - due Saturday, September 21
- Part 3: Spreadsheet, Graphs, and Tables - due Saturday, October 5
- Part 4: Descriptive Statistics - due Saturday, October 26
- Part 5: Confidence Interval and Hypothesis Test - due Saturday, November 23
- Part 6: Regression Analysis - due Saturday, December 7
- Poster Presentation - At the Petaluma Student Research Conference Thursday, December 5, from 3 – 5 PM OR during our Math 215 Final Exam time
Project Grading:
- Parts 1-6 of the project will be turned in via Canvas. These parts of the project will be graded on a Complete/Incomplete basis. Think of each submission as a rough draft.
- If everything looks perfect, you will receive a Complete grade (full credit!) and you can move on to the next part of the project.
- If changes need to be made, you will receive an Incomplete. If you receive an Incomplete, you’ll need to review my comments in Canvas, make changes, and resubmit it until you get a Complete grade.
- Part 1 must be complete before I review Part 2, and Part 2 must be complete before I review Parts 3-6.
- Parts 3-6 of the project may be completed in any order, although I recommend that you do them in the order given, since that follows the order the material is presented in our class.
- Part 7 - Poster Presentation is the only part of the project that will be graded in a more traditional manner. Please see that part of the project description for the poster grading rubric.
- Parts 1-6 are equally weighted (worth 10 points each), but Part 7 is worth 20 points. All parts of the project count toward both your Math 15 and Math 215 grade. Part 7 also counts as your Math 215 Final Exam.