Guidelines

Here are some general instructions for the presentation and report.

Presentations

  • 40 minutes main presentation + 15 minutes for discussion
    • At 35’ I will signal you have 5’ left
      • At that point you should be arriving to your discussion slides
    • At 40’ I will stop you talking. You are not allowed to go over the time limit
  • Both presenters should have equal amount of speaking time (i.e., \(\approx\) 20 minutes per presenter)
  • Each presenter graded separately
  • Hand in your slides one day before your presentation, in one of the following formats
    • Upload as a .pdf file to Moodle
    • Give a link to a slideshow (hosted on your website or on GDrive) in Moodle

Report

The report is ought to be written as a tutorial. You will assume a role of an expert on your topic and your task is to introduce the method to an audience that does not have experience with the method. You can assume that the audience has a basic understanding of algebra and calculus, as well as being familiar with basic statistics.

The reader of the tutorial should learn:

  1. What is the goal of the method?
  2. When is it appropriate to use it? When is it inappropriate to use it?
  3. How does the method work? How is it defined/derived?
  4. How do you use it? Ideally with examples that showcase strengths or potentially weaknesses about the method.
  5. How to report the results in a scientific article?

The tutorial should exhibit the following characteristics:

  • A coherent discussion of the topic
  • A combination of theoretical/mathematical background with a practical implementation for the user
  • Inclusion of concrete examples with data sets
  • Clear presentation of information using formulas, tables, and plots
  • Examination of the assumptions, goals, pros and cons of specific methods
  • Proper and consistent citation style (APA, Harvard, Chicago, etc) and correctly formatted references list
  • Clear and precise language

Formal requirements and info

Tip

Our quarto template for writing the report: https://github.com/buerkner-lab-teaching/quarto-report-template

  • Hand in before the end of July in Moodle
  • The report should be a .pdf or a standalone .html document with all code examples being reproducible. You can use quarto, rmarkdown, jupyter, etc. for writing with code chunks. If you decide to write your report in a word processor, \(\LaTeX\) or typst, you can hand in your code examples in separate .r, .py, or .jl files.
  • Both authors receive the same grade
Tip

The literature listed in the Topics page acts as a starting point to get into the topic. You are not required to base your work solely on this literature, and you do not need to cover everything that the referenced articles mention. Make sure to explain the most relevant information while covering all the learning points listed above. Try to strike a balance between theoretical/practical aspects. Do not lose the reader in the mathematical derivations. At the same time, do not just hand in a document with long code chunks without much explanation.

Grading

Grading criteria for presentations and reports can be downloaded here.