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Your proposal should frame your final analysis, but it's also a chance to "sanity check" your plan. I will give you feedback on these proposals and suggest changes or modifications that are more likely to make them successful or compelling. I will also work with you to make sure that you have the resources and support necessary to carry out your project successfully. | Your proposal should frame your final analysis, but it's also a chance to "sanity check" your plan. I will give you feedback on these proposals and suggest changes or modifications that are more likely to make them successful or compelling. I will also work with you to make sure that you have the resources and support necessary to carry out your project successfully. | ||
=== Final Project === | === Final Project === | ||
:'''Presentation Date:''' | :'''Presentation Date:''' June1 | ||
:'''Paper Due Date:''' June | :'''Paper Due Date:''' TBD roughly 1 week after June 1. | ||
For your final project, I expect you to build on the first two assignments to describe what they have done and what you have found. I'll expect every student to give both: | For your final project, I expect you to build on the first two assignments to describe what they have done and what you have found. I'll expect every student to give both: | ||
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==== Presentation ==== | ==== Presentation ==== | ||
Your presentation should provide me with a very clear idea of what to expect in your final paper | Your presentation should do everything that your paper does and should provide me with a very clear idea of what to expect in your final paper. I'm going to give you all at least a paragraph of feedback after your talk. This will be an opportunity for me to see a preview of your paper and give you a sense for what I think you can improve. It's to your advantage to both give a compelling talk and to give me a sense for your project. | ||
;Timing: All presentations will need to be '''a maximum of 7 minutes long'' with additional 2-3 minutes for questions and answers. Timing is going to be tight and I'm going to set an alarm and stop presentations that go too long. Concisely communicating an idea in the time allotted is an important skill in it's own right. | ;Timing: All presentations will need to be '''a maximum of 7 minutes long'' with additional 2-3 minutes for questions and answers. Timing is going to be tight and I'm going to set an alarm and stop presentations that go too long. Concisely communicating an idea in the time allotted is an important skill in it's own right. | ||
;Slides: You are encouraged to use slides for your talk but I will need your slides ahead of class | ;Slides: You are encouraged to use slides for your talk but I will need your slides ahead of class. | ||
=== Participation === | === Participation === | ||
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* [[Community Data Science Course (Spring 2016)/Day 5 Coding Challenges|Day 5 Coding Challenges]] | * [[Community Data Science Course (Spring 2016)/Day 5 Coding Challenges|Day 5 Coding Challenges]] | ||
* [[Python_data_types_cheat_sheet]] A cheat sheet with everything we've covered in class so far. | * [[Python_data_types_cheat_sheet]] A cheat sheet with everything we've covered in class so far. | ||
== Administrative Notes == | == Administrative Notes == |