Your EMG Report will compile your hypotheses, finalized methods, data, analysis of the data, comparison of your data to your predictions, and your conclusions. (70 pts total)
Background/Justification: You will likely use your this section from your proposal as a first draft for this section. This section, less than two pages, double-spaced, should provide background for your hypothesis. A top-scoring background will explain the context of the experiment, and why this experiment is useful. (15 pts)
Hypothesis or Question(s): This section should clearly state what hypothesis(es) you tested or what question(s) you investigated. A top-scoring hypothesis or question will be logical and clear, and pose an interesting, testable idea. (5 pts)
Methods: This section (up to two pages, double-spaced) should describe what methods you used in sufficient detail for the experiment to be repeated by someone else, and how you analyzed your data. A top-scoring methods section will describe how the methods tested the hypothesis/answered the question, and convince the reader that that the methods were well-controlled (protected from artifacts/other explanations for pattern). (20 pts)
Results/Conclusions: This section (up to two pages, double-spaced) should present your results, compare them to your hypothesis or question, and include your conclusions. A top-scoring section will present the results clearly, and logically indicate what conclusions can be drawn from this study. Data should be graphed, in a format that clearly allows comparisons among groups (e.g., showing means and standard errors) or relationships between variables (e.g., regression or correlation analysis). All axes on graphs should be labeled and include units. Each figure should have a caption (legend) that explains what is shown. Figures and tables should be referred to in the text at the appropriate point, and figures and tables should be numbered in the order mentioned in the text. To receive full credit, a proper statistical analysis is required. (20 pts)
Writing Quality: Top scores will go to reports that have well-organized paragraphs, with topic sentences, and perfect grammar and spelling. The total length of the report should be less than five pages (double-spaced), not counting data tables or figures or references. (10 pts)
**NB: Ive attached my EMG-4 Draft 1 below, labeled as is. That is the file to be edited. Ive also attached the comments and rubric from the TA’s.
