a. Each group will be given 10 minutes to present.

It will be followed by a 10-

EM7 – ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS, Second Semester, 2019-2020 minute Q&A. The instructor will ask the presenters to stop after 10 minutes.
Guidelines for the Course Project b. Each group should provide printed copies of the PowerPoint presentation for
The class will be divided into groups to conduct small studies chosen from the following pool of the judges. These copies may need not to be colored.
topics. Studies presented need to be applied with appropriate statistical methods. Methodology c. Please come in business attire.
should be properly designed, and conclusion needs to be correctly drawn from statistical d. All students are required to be at the venue during the start time.
observations and calculations. e. Please avoid wordy PowerPoint presentations and skip lengthy paragraphs. Be
direct-to-the-point. Your objective is to make the audience understand your
1. Effectiveness of studying in groups vs. studying alone and different studying strategies. study. Please be guided by this guideline for creating interesting PowerPoint
2. Most difficult CE and GE subjects based on different factors. presentation.
3. Civil engineering specialization survey for first and second year CE students and factors B. Suggested content for the PowerPoint presentation
considered in the selection. a. Rationale and significance
4. Performance of STEM vs. non-STEM graduates in engineering. b. Problem statement
5. Relationship analysis on engineering student allowances, expenditure and savings. c. Objectives
6. Single-day traffic speed measurement and relationship to occupancy, driver gender and d. Methodology – flowchart form
time of the day. e. Results and Discussion – show graphs and charts instead of tables with so many
7. College course survey, expectation survey and career aspiration studies in STEM numbers. You don’t have to show all computations and just highlight the
students. relevant findings.
Project Proposal (Week 5) f. Conclusions and Recommendations – Revisit your objectives and check if they
Student groups should submit a proposal to the instructor (Paper size letter, hard copy) with the have been accomplished.
following format: C. Criteria for grading the presentation
Presentation grade (90%) – Rubric grading that is based on quality of presentation,
1. Cover page (with PLV logo), name of group members (alphabetical surnames) and breadth of knowledge and response to questions
student numbers Group participation (10%) – peer review
2. Title – You are very much free to make a more specific title for the study. For example,
for the topic: “class time, attendance and academic performance”, you may want to Final Project Paper (Deadline: 18th Week)
limit your study to “Comparison between the computational semester grade of Paper size letter, minimum of 5 pages (single-spaced) and maximum of 20 pages (without
Differential Calculus AM, mid-day and PM classes”. Make your topics as specific as appendices):
possible. I. Introduction and Background
3. Objective – Fill in the following: I want to do ___________ using _______________ in II. Problem Statement
order to _________________. If you will accomplish your objective, you should know III. Objectives
that your work is done. IV. Significance
4. Significance – Why is there a need to make this study? Will this study be used for V. Methodology
something? Where? a. Data collection
5. Methodology – What is the output of your study? Is it a table? A graph? Or anything b. Statistical concepts used
else. Is so, what kind? VI. Results and Discussions (you may want to place your calculations here)
Project Presentation (Week 16) VII. Conclusion and Recommendation
Student groups will present the results of their statistical project in class. The class will VIII. References
elect/nominate 2 faculty members who will be part of the exploratory panel. IX. Appendices
A. Presentation (PowerPoint)