Editing Statistics and Statistical Programming (Fall 2020) (section)

=== Grading and assessment ===

I will assign grades (usually a numeric value ranging from 0-10) for each of the following aspects of your performance. The percentage values in parentheses are weights that will be applied to calculate your overall grade for the course.

* Weekly participation: 40%
* Proposal identification: 5%
* Final project planning document: 5%
* Final project presentation: 10%
* Final project paper: 40%

The teaching team will jointly and holistically evaluate your participation along four dimensions: attendance, preparation, engagement, and contribution. These are quite similar to the dimensions described in the "Participation Rubric" section of [https://mako.cc/teaching/assessment.html Benjamin Mako Hill's assessment page] and [https://reagle.org/joseph/zwiki/Teaching/Assessment/Participation.html Joseph Reagle's participation assessment rubric]. Exceptional participation means excelling along all four dimensions. Please note that participation ≠ talking/typing more and I encourage all of us to seek [https://reagle.org/joseph/zwiki/Teaching/Best_Practices/Learning/Balance_in_Discussion.html balance in our discussions].

The teaching team's assessment of your final project proposal, planning document, presentation, and paper will reflect the clarity of the work, the effective execution and presentation of quantitative empirical analysis, as well as the quality and originality of the analysis. A more detailed assessment rubric will be provided. Throughout the quarter, we will talk about the qualities of exemplary quantitative research. In general, I expect your final project to embody these exemplary qualities.