Final presentation and repository rubrics

Final presentation and repository rubrics#

Presentation rubric (20 pts)#

Project presentations will be held during the final exam period, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 from 2-4:30pm in the eScience seminar room on the 6th floor of the Physics/Astronomy Tower.

Problem / Background / Context [3 points]#

  • Was there sufficient information presented for the audience to understand what the team is trying to accomplish?

Datasets / Methods [3 points]#

  • Were datasets and methods discussed, and if so did the team effectively convey how they would be used to answer the research question?

Results / Analysis [5 points]#

  • Did the team convey their results effectively?

  • Quality visual aids?

Conclusion / Future Directions [3 points]#

  • Did the team describe their interpretation of their results?

  • Did they attempt to answer their research question?

  • Did they describe shortcomings or next steps in this project were to be continued?

Overall Organization / Flow / Clarity [3 points]#

  • Was the presentation structured well?

  • Did the team effectively convey information?

Within Time Limit [1 points]#

  • Did the team finish their presentation in time?

    • Time limits will be announced once we have a better idea of how many total projects we’ll have! Plan for ~5-7 minutes per project group

Q&A [2 points]#

  • Were the audience’s questions given a good faith attempt to answer?

  • Did the group seem knowledgeable on their topic?

Project repo rubric (40 pts)#

Repositories are due Wednesday, March 18th, 2026 at 2:00pm.

Background / Problem Statement [5 points]#

  • Is there enough information in the README/notebooks to understand the problem, background, and what the team is attempting to do in the notebooks?

Project Documentation / Reproducibility [5 points]#

  • Is there enough information for an observer to understand what was done and how it was done?

  • Given the same data, would an observer be able to understand what notebooks and packages were used to get the same results?

  • Are workflows clear?

Notebooks: Figures [5 points]#

  • Were different types of plots / other visual aids effectively created?

Notebooks: Clarity of Code / Comments [5 points]#

  • Is code reasonably clear?

  • Are comments used effectively?

  • Did the team efficiently implement their methods (i.e., functions rather than copy/paste)?

Relevant GDA Component [5 points]#

  • Does the project use concepts covered in the class / other GDA concepts?

Results / Conclusions / Future Directions [5 points]#

  • Is there enough information in the README/notebooks to understand the results, conclusions, and potential future directions of the team?

Repository Organization [5 points]#

  • Is the repository well organized?

  • Categorized well with folders?

  • Logical filenaming?

  • No unnecessary files?

Individual Effort [5 points]#

  • Is effort and thoroughness evident?

  • Does it seem like each group member contributed a reasonable amount / relatively even distribution of work?

    • Commits/lines of code?

  • If things are incomplete, did they reach out for help?