WorksheetsFinal Exam Proposal Reflection
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
Without skimming, carefully read the template box 7 instructions and digest the (green box) exemplar.
What does it direct you to do?
Include a precise title appropriate for international audiences exactly and fully following the provided exemplar.
Generally complete the work of forming a title, but don't bother with considering every word of the instructions and exemplar.
Formulate a title of my liking that seems suitable.
None of the above is correct.
Do you have a title at the top of your page preceding your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Is every portion of the template box 7 exemplar evident in your title? (Did you include a title appropriate for international audiences exactly and fully following the provided exemplar in the digital "workings" WORD file directly above your introductory text?)
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Consider your title. Have you followed formal paper conventions (by forming it with no acronyms and by capitalizing major words properly)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you allow your title to guide you in your work such that everything in your introduction is specifically appropriate for what your title claims you are supposed to be doing?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
What is an explicit statement of task?
A statement that specifically and clearly states what is being investigated using appropriate mathematical terms properly (which summarizes what the entire project entails.)
Background information about the project.
A shortened version of the project name like "McDonalds to obesity".
None of the above is correct.
Did you include an explicit statement of task (where you specifically and clearly stated what you were investigating) in the introduction text (in addition to the title)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the template box 8 instructions.
What does it direct you to do?
Include an explanation of WHY I believe the dependent variable (y) can be predicted by knowing the independent variable (x). This needs to be done without relying on any mathematical concepts and without using any mathematical terms.
Include a statement of how the variables are related to one another.
Include a discussion of the strength of correlation and provide the r value.
None of the above is correct.
Did you provide a rationale for WHY you believe you can predict the dependent variable (y) by knowing the independent variable (x) in your introduction?
(stating such is NOT an explanation)
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Is your introduction rationale for WHY you believe you can predict the dependent variable (y) by knowing the independent variable (x) provide a clear explanation WITHOUT using any mathematical justifications, concepts, or terms?
(none of which are permitted as the rationale is supposed to be "non-mathematical")
yes
no, but I'm adding this to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the template box 9 instructions.
What does it direct you to do?
Include a discussion of my data sources including why I think it is/they are reliable.
Include a link to my data sources.
Merely state my data sources.
None of the above is correct.
Did you discuss your data sources in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
In your introduction, are all of your discussed data sources primary sources (or did you directly connect all of your secondary sources to their original primary sources)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
For each source, did you discuss why you believe the data to be good/reliable in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the instructions for template boxes 10 and 11.
What do they direct you to do?
Include a discussion of the portion of data used as well as any manipulations made to the data.
Include all the data available.
Use the data exactly as it appears from the string source(s).
None of the above is correct.
If you used only a portion of the data available, did you explain how you selected the points you used?
yes - or - this question doesn't apply to me because I used all of the available data for both strings of data
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
If you manipulated your data, did you explain how and why you did so in your introduction?
yes - or - this question doesn't apply to me because I didn't manipulate any of my raw data for either data string
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
If you used all the available data for both strings and you did not manipulate either data string, did you skip over these boxes and include nothing about these topics in your introduction?
yes - or - this question doesn't apply to me because I used just a portion of the available data and/or I manipulated my data
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question (now that I understand I am not supposed to include things that did not happen in my formal math paper.)
Do you have raw data in your appendix that is not rounded, sorted, or manipulated in any manner so that the appendix raw data remains untouched and appears exactly as it does at your source(s)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Do you have an arranged "organized" data set suitable for statistical study in your introduction that includes only matched points, entries that are sorted in some reasonable order, and values shown in the manner you prefer?
(This is a second data set - additional to the raw data in the appendix.)
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Is your introduction's organized data set properly labeled?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you include in your introduction a data-only scatter plot (one without a trend line, an r squared value or an equation?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Is your introduction's scatterplot properly labeled?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you refer to the two introduction illustrations (your organized data set and your scatterplot) within the text of the paragraphs at appropriate (introduction of the data) locations?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Does your introduction discussion of data include how many points you are using for your investigation?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the instructions for template box 14.
What does it direct you to do?
Include a discussion of the minimum number of points needed for statistically significant results when conducting a mathematical investigation.
Discuss the number of points available at the source(s).
Make claims about sufficiency without having any authoritative source to backup the information.
None of the above is correct.
Did you conduct research to find an authoritative source that tells you how many points you need for a statistical study?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you include in your introduction a quantity of points justification that includes authoritative substantiation for your sufficiency claim?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the instructions for template box 15.
What does it direct you to do?
Include a discussion of the type of sampling technique used by my data source(s).
Talk about how you collected data from the Internet.
Make assumptions about how the data was collected off the top of your head.
None of the above is correct.
Did you conduct research to find out what the different sampling techniques were and read summary paragraphs about each one so you could state which was used by your sources with some certainty?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you include a discussion of the sampling technique used by your sources in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the instructions for template box 19.
What does it direct you to do?
Make a list (by name) of the math processes you intend to use for your investigation - one from each part of the course statistics curriculum.
Consider how the math will be accomplished in EXCEL.
Consider how the "by hand" portion of the math will be accomplished using the WORD equation editor.
None of the above is correct.
Did you list off math process names for each section of the course statistics curriculum?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you include a discussion of your investigation plan by listing the selected math processes by name in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Without skimming, carefully read the instructions for template box 20.
What does it direct you to do?
Augment the list of the math processes by adding a distinct purpose for including each one in the investigation (backed up by a researched authoritative source.)
Consider all the various ways each selected math process could be used.
Consider how to link every selected math process to correlation.
None of the above is correct.
Did you augment your list of math processes by adding a distinct (never repeated) purpose for each one?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you include a discussion of the selected math process distinct purposes in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you use vague/generic words (like relationship) and stay away from all mathematically deterministic terms (like correlation) throughout your introduction (with the exception of your plan)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Were you careful to work with the title as your IA beginning, being sure to not include in your introduction any content from the topic claiming and approval process?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Were you careful to remove from your introduction (or just not include any in the first place) all extraneous content which is everything that is not explicitly required by the template or the two IBO Criteria being scored?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Were you careful to define all acronyms and name the selected math processes by their full names (like Pearson's Product Moment Coefficient or Coefficient of Determination) and not by their slang references (like r or r squared) in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Were you careful to not define any math terms or explain any math concepts or processes (since your evaluators are expected to know that stuff) in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you check for all occurrences of "you" and "your" so you could find your voice errors and modify your sentences to write your introduction exclusively in first person?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you check to make sure you included no interpretations, conclusions, or math process results in your introduction?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Were you careful to start a new paragraph every time you changed topics, so that your introduction is easier to consider (by having every topic in its own paragraph)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Is your introduction coherent? (Does it flow in a smooth and reasonable order from one thought to the next without disruption or jumping around so that the reader is stalled?)
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you use Arial or Times New Roman font in 12 point size throughout your introduction work (possibly with the exception of titles and headings)?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you use double or 1.5 spacing to make your introduction work easier to read?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you address every comment of feedback provided to you to improve your title, introduction, and appendix submission?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you meet every rubric requirement as well as earn the maximum score of 3 on each of the two IBO criteria?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now before I continue to the next question.
Did you submit your very best work for this final exam by self assessing against the scoring rubric after you thought the work was completed and persevering until every issue had been properly resolved?
yes
no, but I'm adding it to my ThingsToDo digital collection right now so the next time I am supposed to submit an IA assignment for a grade I can be reminded of the importance of turning in high quality work.
