Final Project Report Initial Submission

Write a final project report that provides information about your semester project, as well as documentation of and results of your work.  Include tables and figures as appropriate to illustrate your work.  Your final report should be no more than 10 pages in length (including references), should synthesize all the work done on the project for the semester, and should allow readers to access and reproduce the methods developed and used.   Additional appendices can be used sparingly if needed for tables and figures, but please be concise with your writing in the main body of the report.

This initial submission of your final report will not be scored, but will be reviewed by the instructors and at least one of your peers.  You will then have the opportunity to respond to peer and instructor comments before turning in your revised final report for grading.  

Your final project report should be formatted to conform to the manuscript template linked below (remember no more than 10 pages).  It should include a copy of the grading rubric with your self-score filled out.  You should submit a PDF of your formatted report to Canvas before class and bring 2 printed copies of your report to class with you.  One hard copy will go to one of your peers for review and one copy will go to the instructors for comment.  Additionally, if you are working in a group, each group member should print out, fill out, and submit a hard copy of the group self rating form linked below.

Please note that your final project reports will be made publicly available on the course website at the end of the course.

• Final report format template is here Download here
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• Several example papers from previous classes are available here (2013) and here (2014). Use these examples with caution since they may not necessarily all be "A" papers.
• Grading rubric for the final reports is here Download here
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• Group self rating form is here Download here
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