Steps for doing your projectPossible topicsIdeally, you
pick a topic of your own that you are curious about. But to give you an
idea of possible topics, here are a few pointers:
Please discuss your topic with the instructor to make sure that it is both substantial and feasible. For your course project, you will need to apply statistical analyses yourself. Google books n-gram charts, while pretty, do not count. Course project informationBy default, course projects should be done by teams of 2 students;
however, projects done by 1 or 3 students are possible with prior
approval
of the instructor. Initial project descriptionThis is a 1-2 page document (single-spaced, single column) that describes what your project will be about. It needs to contain the following information:
Intermediate reportThis is a 1-2 page document (single-spaced, single column) that describes what the status of your project is at this point. It needs to contain the following information:
You also need to take into account the feedback that you got on the Initial project description. Short presentationThis is a short presentation to the class. You should discuss:
You will need to prepare slides for this, which you submit to the instructor ahead of time. Final reportThis is a 4-5 page document (single-spaced, single column) that describes the results of your project. It needs to contain the following information:
If
you build on previous work, you need to discuss it, and give
references. Published papers (at conferences, in journals) go into the
references list at the end of the paper. Links to blog posts and the
like go in a footnote. Also, links to websites containing data go in a
footnote, not in the references list. You need to take into account the feedback that you got on the Initial project description and Intermediate report. |