DATA7901 Data Science Capstone Project 1 Progress Report Semester 1, 2022
Name: Marks:
Student no:

Technical component (45 marks)
Project Proposal
assessment criteria

Level of achievement
criteria Outstanding (9) Satisfactory (6) Borderline (3) Unsatisfactory (0)
Problem domain,
and scope
Extensive, relevant and logically
organized review, analysis,
discussion of background material,
both specific research and general
theory. The proposal shows a clear
mastery of the material in the topic
area and ability to synthesize and
abstract knowledge.
Acceptable coverage of
background material, with both
specific research and general
theory, and shows basic
understanding of the material in
the topic area.
A limited coverage of background
material, which perhaps does not
cover both specific research and
general theory. Flaws in the basic
understanding of the material in the
topic area are evident.
An extremely limited coverage of
background material. A lack of
understanding of the material in
the topic area is clear. External
work heavily used without
academic merit.
Writing and
presentation
Excellent logical structure, physical
layout and appropriate attention to
detail. The work is presented in an
accurate, concise and coherent
fashion. Scientific and technical
style. No spelling mistakes or
grammar errors. Appropriate
referencing to a correctly formatted
bibliography.
Acceptable structure and physical
layout. Some inaccuracies or lack
of detail in presentation of work.
Neat, some spelling mistakes or
grammar errors. Some errors in
referencing or bibliography
formatting. Appropriately
acknowledges the work of others.
Structure and physical layout detract;
many inaccuracies or considerable
lack of detail in presentation of work.
Numerous spelling mistakes or
grammar errors. Several errors in
referencing or bibliography
formatting. Occasional failures to
appropriately acknowledge the work
of others.
Structure and physical layout very
poor; presentation of work is
inaccurate and incomplete.
Numerous spelling mistakes or
grammar errors. Several errors in
referencing or bibliography
formatting. Many failures to
appropriately acknowledge the
work of others.
DATA7901 Data Science Capstone Project 1 Progress Report Semester 1, 2022
Excellence,
Innovation
The work is of the highest quality
demonstrating best professional
data science practice and showing
substantial creativity and
innovation.
The work is of average quality but
with evidence of sound data
science practice. A small amount of
creativity and innovation is seen.
The work is of poor quality and
without any significant evidence of
sound data science practice. An
insignificant amount of creativity and
innovation is seen.
The standard of work
demonstrates a complete lack of
understanding of topic, and
minimal effort invested. No
creativity and innovation is seen.
Data Exploration The proposal demonstrates a
comprehensive descriptive statistical
analysis and draws conclusions
based on the obtained summary
statistics and graphics. The work
details and provides good
explanations to the scientific
approach the student is planning to
undertake to solve the problem.

The proposal demonstrates a
satisfactory descriptive statistical
analysis and draws some
conclusions based on the obtained
summary statistics and graphics.
The work details the scientific
approach the student is planning
to undertake to solve the problem.

The proposal demonstrates a limited
descriptive statistical analysis. A very
poor set of conclusions based on the
obtained summary statistics and
graphics is presented. The work does
not detail the scientific approach the
student is planning to undertake to
solve the problem, or, proposes a
clearly unreasonable approach.

The proposal fails to introduce a
meaningful data exploration
analysis, there are no conclusions
obtained. The proposal does not
detail the scientific approach the
student is planning to undertake.
Understanding the
available data
sources and
complying with
ethics and privacy
issues
The proposal shows an excellent
understanding of relevant data
sources, possible limitations, and
the corresponding processing
techniques. The work addresses the
potential ethics and privacy issues.
The proposal shows a reasonable
understanding of relevant data
sources and the corresponding
processing techniques. The work
may fail to demonstrate the
understanding of potential
limitations of the available data.
The proposal addresses the
potential ethics and privacy issues.
The work shows some limited
understanding of the available data
sources. Limitation due to the
available data are not addressed, and
no details about the available
processing techniques are provided.
The proposal shows some basic
understanding of the potential ethics
and privacy issues.
The work demonstrates a
complete lack of understanding
of the available data sources and
the corresponding processing
techniques. The ethical aspect is
not addressed.

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DATA7901 Data Science Capstone Project 1 Progress Report Semester 1, 2022
Business component: (15 marks)
Project Proposal Level of achievement
assessment criteria Outstanding (1.5) Satisfactory (1) Borderline (0.5) Unsatisfactory (0)
Genre:
purpose
The opening succinctly establishes
the purpose, and previews the
contents of the document.
The opening contains unnecessary
information that distracts from the
document’s purpose and contents.
Purpose and outline provided
in the opening do not reflect
the contents accurately.
Purpose of the document is
unclear, or no outline has been
provided for its contents.
structure Document contains all structural
elements in an appropriate order.
Some minor elements are missing
or not presented in the right order.
Parts of the structure are mixed
and hard to distinguish.
An essential part or parts of the
structure are missing.
Register:
audience
All expressions are appropriate to
written communication, and
carefully targeted at the audience.
Some expressions not adequately
paraphrased or too casual, with a
lack of sensitivity to the audience.
Many terms left unexplained,
leaving some important points
inaccessible to target readers.
Expressions sound overly casual
and unprofessional with spoken
colloquial expressions.
Discourse semantics:
coherence
All topic sentences are clearly
presented at the start of each
segment, and followed through.
Some paragraphs contain multiple
topic sentences, or the topic
sentence is unnecessarily delayed.
Topic sentences are difficult to
locate in some segments, or are
not followed through.
Topic sentences are generally
absent, causing the writing to
meander aimlessly.
cohesion All paragraphs are fully developed
using appropriate lexical ties and
known-new arrangement to link
both sentences and paragraphs.
The development is generally clear,
but some lexical ties have been left
implicit, relying on readers to infer
the relationship between ideas.
Lexical ties or known-new
arrangements are significantly
lacking, causing parts of the
writing to appear disjointed.
Lexical ties are wrongly used or
known-new arrangements are
largely absent, rendering some
ideas very difficult to follow.
positioning Expressions generally sound
objective but highly persuasive,
and sources effectively positioned.
Expressions sound objective but
lack persuasiveness, or sources
cited are inadequately positioned.
Positioning contradicts the
argument sometimes, or the
sources cited are vague.
Positioning or sources are
inappropriately used, causing
the writing to sound subjective.
Lexicogrammar:
sentence structure
All sentences are correct, start
with important information, and
are easy to understand.
Sentences contain noticeable
grammatical errors, or are
unnecessarily complicated.
Many sentences do not start
with important information or
contains significant errors.
Sentences are poorly phrased
or are riddled with errors that
render them difficult to read.
clear writing Writing minimizes nominalization,
vague terms and ineffective verbs.
Writing contains nominalization,
vague terms or ineffective verbs.
Writing contains a substantial
amount of ineffective words.
Writing is full of noun clusters,
jargons, and ineffective verbs.
Graphology:
spelling & punctuation
Writing is carefully proofread and
completely free of errors.
Writing contains minor but
noticeable careless errors.
Writing appears unprofessional
with systematic errors.
Writing is riddled with errors,
rendering it difficult to read.
formatting &
referencing
Spacing, font size, script, etc. are
professionally presented, with all
references consistent & complete.
References are complete, but
document presentation e.g. script,
font size, or spacing, etc. is poor.
References are incomplete,
inconsistent, or poorly
presented.
Document is presented in a
haphazard manner, or
references are missing.
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