MDM4U Culminating Project

Complete Written Report

Your whole project should be written in report form (see requirements below) and submitted in a suitable folder (or in .pdf format) including all the sections outlined previously.


Tips for the Written Report

• Use a font style that is easy to read (like Times New Roman or Arial) size 12
• Use 1.5 or double spacing
• Make sure that everything is in the correct order (see below)
• Make sure there are no obvious errors:
  • use the spelling and grammar check
  • read the report out loud to yourself to make sure it makes sense
  • get someone else to read your report to proofread it
• Make sure that all graphs/charts are properly labelled, titled, and readable.
  • Graphs that are being compared should have the same scale.
• Make sure to write in a formal essay style​.

Content Requirements for the Written Report
Your report must include the following sections in this order:

• Title Page
  • Include a descriptive title of your report.
  • Also include your name and the date of submission.
• Table of Contents
  • Include page references for all of the following sections.
• Abstract
  • This is a brief, one-paragraph description of your whole project.
  • It contains the purpose of the research with a very short summary of the results.
• Introduction
  • This should be approximately 200 words (one or two paragraphs).
  • State the Question/Hypothesis/Purpose of your research. 
  • Why is this topic important to you?
  • In what way do you think the results of your research can be useful? (to you personally, to other students, to society at large, etc.)
• Plan and Methodology
  • Explain in detail exactly how you carried out your data collection, what data you collected, and what you hoped it would show.
  • You should specifically describe how your data will answer your question or prove/disprove your hypothesis.
  • You should also highlight any difficulties and problems you had in finding the data (including possible sources of bias)
• Analysis
  • Describe in detail everything you have done to the data (mean/mode/median, determine correlations, etc.)
  • Include only the most relevant parts of your analysis.  Do not include anything that is not worth discussing.
  • Avoid repetitious graphs; choose a selection that will display the data to best support your comments.  Include other graphs in appendices and refer to them in their location.
  • Do not be overly concerned if your hypothesis is not proved; rather, try to explain why this may have happened.
• Conclusions
  • Use your data analysis to answer your original question.  
  • If you have inconclusive evidence, explain why and suggest what you would do to develop your research further.
  • If your results appear biased in some way, try to explain why.
• Appendices
  • This section should include all the large tables/charts of analysis that were not appropriate to include in the main body of the report.
  • Label each with a letter (i.e. Appendix A, Appendix B, etc.), and refer to it in the main text if necessary.
  • Your data should be referenced here for websites, etc.
    • You can use MLA or APA format for references.
  • Your survey results should be included in an Appendix.
  • Your appendices can be separate files from your report.

Here is the rubric I will be using to mark your report.

Here is a written report exemplar so that you can have an idea of what your report can look like.