Describe what sampling method you used to collect your data (stratified, systematic, cluster, random, or another). How did you collect your data? Explain it so that another student in the class could duplicate your survey.

Introduction to Statistics:

 Write a paragraph (at least 4 sentences) explaining some background about your topic and why it is something of interest to you. What do you hope to learn from your study?

 

Data Collection:

 Describe the population of interest.

Describe what sampling method you used to collect your data (stratified, systematic, cluster, random, or another). How did you collect your data? Explain it so that another student in the class could duplicate your survey.

Discuss bias in the data collection process.

            Quantitative Questions:

1. Quantitative question 1
2. Quantitative question 2
3. Quantitative question 3
4. Quantitative question 4

 

Qualitative Questions:

1. Qualitative question 1
2. Qualitative question 2
3. Qualitative question 3

 

Summary Statistics

	Mean	Median	Mode	Variance	Standard Deviation
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4

 

Write a paragraph explaining how you calculated each of these. Then show your work on how you found the mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation for one of your quantitative questions.

Graphs

[insert the bar graph here, make sure to label axis and all variables. Include a title]

In at least a paragraph, explain your bar graph and how it helps you better understand your project.

[insert the pie chart here, make sure to all variables and indicate percents. Include a title]

In at least a paragraph, explain your pie chart and how it helps you better understand your project.

Quantitative Graphs

[insert the frequency table here, make sure to label columns. Include a title]

In at least a paragraph, explain your frequency table and how it helps you better understand your project.

[insert the histogram here, make sure to label both axes, and make sure there are no spaces between the bars. Include a title]

In at least a paragraph, explain your histogram and how it helps you better understand your project.

[insert the Scatter Diagram here, make sure to label both axes, and make sure to calculate the CORRELATION coefficient. Include a title]

In at least TWO paragraphs, explain your scatter diagram and how it helps you better understand your project. What variables are you relating? Is there a correlation between them? What is the correlation coefficient?

Conclusion  

Discuss what you learned from your project. Was there anything that was surprising or unexpected in your findings. If you were to repeat the project again, how would you do it differently? Why or why not? Are there other questions you wish you had asked? Would you have changed the wording of your questions now that the project is over (if you were to do it again?) What advice would you give a student who was about to start this project?

References

List any references used (at least list our textbook). If you need help on reference formatting, see: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/06/

Self-Assessment Rubric

Points	6	5		4		2		0
Cover Page	Includes: A unique title, your name, date, and the course	Only includes 3 of the four required items		Only includes 2 of the required things		Only includes 1 of the required things		Missing
	6	5		4		2		0
Background information	Includes: At least 4 sentences: background on topic, why it is of interest, and what you hope to learn from the study	Only includes 3 of the four required items		Only includes 2 of the required things		Only includes 1 of the required things		Missing
	10	8		6		2		0
Data Collection	Correctly includes: population, sampling method, how data was collected, and bias	Only includes 3 of the four required items or there is an error with one of the items		Only includes 2 of the required items, or there is an error in 2 of the items		Only includes 1 of the required things or only one of the items is correct/has an error		Missing or errors in all
	10	8		6		2		0
Research questions	Includes 4 quantitative questions and 3 qualitative questions	At least 6 research questions are included, and all are correctly identified as quantitative or qualitative		At least 5 research questions or some of the questions are incorrectly identified as quantitative/qualitative		Less than 4 questions or most are not identified as qualitative/quantitative (or incorrectly labeled)		Missing questions or less than 3 questions total
	10	8		6		4		0
Summary Statistics	Table filled out for at least 4 quantitative questions, mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation calculated for all, units correctly included, and a paragraph with a correct explanation of how these calculations were performed for at least one question is provided	Missing at least one required piece, but everything else is correct.		Missing 2-3 required pieces or at least one error		Multiple errors or multiple pieces missing		Missing
	10	8		6		4		0
Bar Graph	Correct bar graph with axis labels and title and explanatory paragraph	correct bar graph missing one thing: axis labels or title or explanatory paragraph		correct bar graph missing two things axis labels and title and/or explanatory		Incorrect bar graph or missing labels and title and explanatory paragraph		missing
	10	8		6		4		0
Pie chart	Correct pie chart with labels and title and explanatory paragraph	correct pie chart missing one thing: labels or title and/or explanatory paragraph		correct pie chart missing two things: missing labels and/or title and/or explanatory paragraph		Incorrect pie chart		missing
	10	8		6		4		0
Frequency Table	Correct frequency table with labels and title and explanatory paragraph	correct frequency table missing one thing: labels or title or explanatory paragraph		correct frequency table missing two things: labels and/or title and/or explanatory paragraph		Incorrect frequency table		missing
	10	8		6		4		0
Histogram	Correct histogram with labels and title and explanatory paragraph	correct histogram missing one thing: labels or title or explanatory paragraph		correct histogram missing two things: labels and/or title and/or explanatory paragraph		Incorrect histogram		missing
	16	12		8		4		0
Scatter Diagram	Correct scatter diagram with labels and title and explanatory paragraph and correlation coefficient	correct scatter diagram missing one thing: labels or title or explanatory paragraph or correlation		correct scatter diagram missing two things: labels and/or title and/or explanatory paragraph and/or correlation coefficient		Incorrect scatter diagram		missing
	8	6		4		2		0
Conclusion & references	Discusses: Learnings, surprising/unexpected findings, changes if were to redo and why, Other questions or wording changes, advice to future students and references	missing one aspect of conclusion		missing 2-3 aspects of conclusion		missing 4 or more aspects of conclusion		no conclusion
	4	2		2		2		0
Self-Assessment rubric	included and completed	Included but 80-90% complete		Included but 70-80% complete		Included but 60-70% complete		not included
Total Points	______/100 possible