AP Statistics Final Project Rubric

Excellent / Good / Fair / Poor
Abstract (5%) / Briefly explains purpose of project and clearly summarizes findings / Purpose of project and summary of findings are fairly clear / Purpose of project and summary of findings are unclear / Purpose and/or summary of findings are not provided
Introduction (10%) / Hypotheses are appropriate/correct for chosen topic; interest in chosen topic is fully discussed; clear summary of similar experiments/studies is provided (if applicable) / Hypotheses are appropriate/correct for chosen topic; interest in chosen topic is discussed; summary of similar experiments/studies is provided (if applicable) / Hypotheses are inappropriate and/or incorrect for chosen topic; interest in chosen topic is barely discussed; summary of similar experiments/studies is provided (if applicable) / Hypotheses are inappropriate and/or incorrect for chosen topic; interest in chosen topic is not discussed; summary of similar experiments/studies is not provided (if applicable)
Methods (20%) / Sampling procedure is thoroughly explained; design of study/experiment and how the data were measured are easy to understand; chosen population is fully discussed / Sampling procedure is fairly clear; design of study/experiment and how the data were measured are fairly easy to understand; chosen population is discussed / Sampling procedure is somewhat explained; design of study/experiment and how the data were measured are somewhat clear; chosen population is barely discussed / Sampling procedure is unclear; design of study/experiment and how the data were measured are unclear; chosen population is not discussed
Analysis (30%) / Collected data are reported; an appropriate and correct visual display of the data is provided; conditions necessary for inference are shown to be checked; chosen inference procedure is appropriate; formula(s) used are provided; statistical results are correct; interpretation of p-value is correct / Collected data are reported; an appropriate visual display of the data is provided; it is stated that conditions necessary for inference were checked; chosen inference procedure is appropriate; statistical results are correct; p-value is provided / Collected data are reported; a visual display of the data is provided; stated conditions necessary for inference are incorrect; inference procedure used may not be the best for the stated hypotheses and the data provided; statistical results are consistent with inference procedure; interpretation of p-value is incorrect / Collected data are not reported; a visual display of the data is not provided; technical conditions are not checked; inference procedure used is incorrect for the stated hypotheses and the data provided; p-value is not provided
Conclusion (30%) / Conclusion is appropriate and based on inference; is clearly stated, in context, and easy to understand; any issues which may affect the validity of the study/experiment are fully discussed; possible biases are fully discussed; changes to be made if experiment/study were to be repeated are discussed; possible causal connection is discussed fully / Conclusion is fairly appropriate and based on inference; is fairly clear, in context; any issues which may affect the validity of the study/experiment are discussed fairly well; possible biases are discussed fairly well; changes to be made if experiment/study were to be repeated are discussed fairly well; possible causal connection is somewhat discussed / Conclusion is incorrect based on inference; issues which may affect the validity of the study/experiment are barely discussed; possible biases are mentioned; changes to be made if experiment/study were to be repeated are barely discussed; possible causal connection is discussed inappropriately / Conclusion is not based on inference; issues which may affect the validity of the study/experiment are not discussed; possible biases are not discussed; changes to be made if experiment/study were to be repeated are not discussed; possible causal connection is not discussed
References (5%) / All necessary citation information is fully provided / Citations are fairly complete / Citations are incomplete / Citations are not provided