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Analyzing Experiments - AP Statistics

Evaluation of a scholarly experiment detailing the results of an experiment and relating it to the key concepts of experimental design.

Rubric Code: TC7935

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Subject: Math

Type: Reading

Grade Levels: 9-12

Journal Article Evaluation
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts	Not attempted 0 pts
Introduction/Summary 10 % Summarize the main ideas and facts in the article.	Excellent All main ideas and facts from the article are included. Summary is written in objective view and referencing to the article is provided. Research questions is discussed.	Good Summary is mostly correct and objective. Some references to article are provided to support summary statements.	Fair Some details from article are missing. Summary is not objective OR minimal referencing to the article is provided.	Poor Summary is very broad with no detail from the article.	Not attempted No summary is provided OR a verbatim of the text is provided.
Experimental Design 25 % Evaluate the design principles of the study and the method of the experimental design	Excellent Study design correctly identified and main features correctly summarized. Subjects/experimental units, treatments, explanatory and response variables appropriately identified. Experimental design principles are described in detail.	Good One of the five features for excellent experimental design evaluation missing, incorrect, or stated without support from the article.	Fair Two-three of the features for excellent experimental design evaluation missing incorrect or stated without support from the article..	Poor Four or five of the features for excellent experimental design evaluation missing or incorrect or stated without support from the article.	Not attempted Section reads like answers to a list of questions OR almost all pieces are incorrect or missing. No support from article given for statements. OR information is taken directly from the article with little to no paraphrasing.
Statistical Analysis 25 % Is the analysis appropriate for the study? What concerns do you have about the study design?	Excellent Statistical analysis is correctly summarized. Student makes correct evaluation of the appropriateness of the analysis and any descriptive statistics provided. Correct assessment given about testing of assumptions in the article.	Good One of the three pieces is missing OR all three pieces are there but not completely supported with examples from the article AND material learned in class about the methods.	Fair Two of the pieces are missing or stated but not well supported.	Poor More than two pieces missing or not supported.	Not attempted No evaluation of statistical analysis is given OR it is incorrect OR not supported with evidence from the article.
Conclusions 20 % Evaluation of the propriety of conclusions for the study	Excellent Conclusions from the article are correctly stated. Conclusions are evaluated in the context of sample/population and appropriateness of statistical methods.<BR> Student clearly demonstrates a strong working knowledge of class material relative to the article.	Good Conclusions from the article are mostly correctly stated. Conclusions are evaluated in the context of sample/population and appropriateness of statistical methods. Student demonstrates some working knowledge of class material relative to the article.	Fair One of the previous pieces is missing or incorrect.	Poor Two of the previous pieces are missing or incorrect.	Not attempted Student does not provide a valid conclusion.
Grammar and Organization 10 %	Excellent Paper is well organized and easy to follow. There are no spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors.	Good A few transitions between thoughts are awkward OR 2 spelling OR two grammatical errors.	Fair Some transitions between thoughts are awkward OR 3 - 4 spelling OR 3 - 4 grammatical errors.	Poor Paper reads like a list of answers to a set of questions OR 5 spelling OR 5 grammatical errors.	Not attempted Paper is not organized and there more than 5 spelling or grammatical errors
Citations 10 % MLA format	Excellent Both articles are correctly cited in MLA format.	Good Both articles are mostly correct using MLA format.	Fair One of the articles is correctly cited, the second article's citation is flawed.	Poor Both articles are cited, however they are not done correctly.	Not attempted The articles are not cited or only the url is provided.

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