Homework Instructions and Rubric

Instructions

Warning

All homework assignments are due at 17:00 p.m. on the date listed. They should be typed up in Quarto and submitted as PDFs on Gradescope.

  • At the top of each homework assignment, please include:
    • The assignment number (e.g., “Homework 1”)
    • Your name
    • A collaborations statement including the names of all classmates or individuals that you collaborated with (or, if you did not work with anyone, the statement “I did not collaborate with anyone on this assignment.”)
  • For each question on the homework, please:
    • Include the question number at the start of your response
    • If asked to compute or calculate a number, give your answer in a sentence (or more, if needed) and show all work (either hand calculations or R code with the accompanying output).
    • If asked to make a graph, show the graph and describe what is shown by the graph in 1–2 sentences. You should also provide the R code required to create the graph.
    • Use complete sentences when answering any question.
  • Please include only relevant R commands and output: do not print errors, messages, warnings, or anything else that makes your homework unwieldy. This will help anyone who reads your assignment, whether that’s the grader or future you!

Rubric

All homework will be graded on an ordinal 5 point scale based on a combination of accuracy and effort:

    1. All problems completed with detailed solutions/good faith attempts at answering and with \(\geq 75\%\) of the solutions fully correct.
    1. Either (i) all problems completed with detailed solutions and with 50%–75% of the solutions correct or (ii) nearly all problems completed with detailed solutions and with \(\geq 75\%\) of the completed solutions correct.
    1. Nearly all problems completed with detailed solutions and with \(< 75\%\) of the completed solutions correct.
    1. More than half (but fewer than all) problems completed with \(\geq 75\%\) of the completed solutions correct.
    1. Either (i) more than half (but fewer than all) problems completed with \(< 75\%\) of the completed solutions correct or (ii) less than half of the problems completed with detailed solutions.
    1. Either (i) work is not submitted or is submitted more than 48 hours after the stated deadline or (ii) less than half of the problems completed without detailed work supporting the solution.
Tip

Excess R printouts or failure to otherwise follow the homework instructions above will result in scores of 5 being reduced down to a 4.