2/27 |
An abstract of your project for the Capstone Day program is due in class on Tuesday 3/4 at the end of the period.
- 70 words maximum.
- Suggested outline (3 sentences):
- The introduction tells the reader what is being decided or predicted by your study, and why the study is important.
- The model sentence states the operations research or statistical model used to analyze the decision or prediction problem.
- The data sentence describes the data used as input to the model and where they are obtained.
- One member of each team should email me their abstract directly in the body of the email.
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2/25 |
A draft outline of your model section is due on Thursday 3/6 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.
- One member of each team should email me their document as a PDF file.
- In Google Docs: File → Download → PDF Document (.pdf)
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2/17 |
A draft of (1) your introduction section and (2) your data section is due on Tuesday 2/25 at the beginning of class.
- One member of each team should email me their document as a PDF file.
- In Google Docs: File → Download → PDF Document (.pdf)
- Your document should be as formatted using the Formatting Checklist linked under Resources below.
- Refer also to the Example Report to see how your report should be formatted.
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2/3 |
Your 6-week marking period grade will be based on (1) a draft of your introduction section, (2) a draft outline of your data section, and (3) your 6-week presentation. |
2/3 |
Your 6-week presentations will take place next week in class on Tuesday 2/11 and Thursday 2/13.
- 10 minutes per team.
- Your presentation should cover:
- Introduction - background and motivation, problem description and methodology
- Data - basic description, exploratory data analysis (preliminary)
- All sections scheduled for the same period will meet together.
- 4 teams will present on Tuesday (2 from this section, 2 from the other section).
- 4 teams will present on Thursday.
- You will give your colleagues feedback on their presentations.
- Email me your slides by 23:59 on the evening before your presentation.
- This way, I can preload the slides onto the classroom computer so that we can use the class time more efficiently.
- Include page (slide) numbers on your slides.
- This way, your colleagues and I can easily provide feedback on your presentations (e.g., "On slide 7, you had a typo in the 2nd bullet...")
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1/27 |
A draft of (1) your introduction section and (2) an outline of your data section is due on Thursday 2/6 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.
- One member of each team should email me their document as a PDF file.
- In Google Docs: File → Download → PDF Document (.pdf)
- Your document should be as formatted using the Formatting Checklist linked under Resources below.
- Refer also to the Example Report to see how your report should be formatted.
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1/15 |
A draft outline of your introduction section is due on Thursday 1/23 at the beginning of your biweekly meeting.
- One member of each team should email me their draft outline as a PDF file.
- In Google Docs: File → Download → PDF Document (.pdf)
- Please double-space your document.
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1/15 |
Preparing for your biweekly meeting
- Open the Biweekly Meeting Agenda and Contract Template linked under Logistics below.
- Make a copy to somewhere on your Google Drive.
- In Google Docs: File → Make a copy
- Complete the highlighted parts of the template:
- Team name and meeting date
- Agenda items
- Tasks from previous biweekly contract
- Share your completed document with me on Google Docs before your scheduled biweekly meeting.
- Please make sure I have permission to edit the document.
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Welcome! |