Transcript Phase 3

Phase 3
PAT / Research project
Big purpose
• Investigate problem
• In Word report provide evidence of full
investigation with clear Introduction and
Conclusion
• In summary PowerPoint pull everything
together using 1/10 of time used in report
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
Task 1
Use information –
Processing/analysing
Folder structure
• SurnameFirstname
– Phase 1
– Phase 2
– Phase 3
• Need clear file names
• Extra folders in Phase 3 if required
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
Use survey to get information to
help solve problem
Use a database to help solve the
problem
• 20 records in database (from Survey)
• Use validation, datatypes, etc. to HELP
you input correctly
• Queries – Calculation, And OR
• Report – Group, Calculation, Picture
Meaningless query
Meaningful query
Copy meaningful query to Excel –
make graph
Integrate Excel and Access
Use a spreadsheet to help solve
the problem
• Format for interpretation
• Functions and formulas for solving
problem
• Integration, i.e. import from … , export to
Word report, Access
• Graph – labelled meaningful
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
• Put completed spreadsheet and database
in folder Phase 3
• Create the report
• Create what the rubric requires
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
Task 2
Use information - Final
presentation/synthesis
Report
• Introduction
Must be linked
– Describes problem
– Indicates what is coming
• Body
– Under Headings
– Discusses solution, describes your findings
– Includes graphics/images, tables, graphs
• Conclusion
– Provides the solution or makes a proposal or presents your idea
– Says which is the best solution and WHY
– Makes sense
If you have changed your questions since Phase 1, that
is fine. The report must answer whatever questions you
have.
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
Rephrase questions if necessary
to help solve the problem
Questions to solve problem
Fixed Q
Access
Fixed Q
Oops.
Need to
rephrase Q
Rephrased Q
Excel
Report
Refine.
Questions must be reflected
in report
Report includes
1. Title page
2. Table of contents
3. List of references
4. Hyperlinks to documents /
evidence
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
Report formatting
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Table of contents
Styles for headings
Page numbering
Automatic bullets and numbering, outline
numbering
• Paragraph line spacing and indenting
• Graphs and tables with Captions
• Cross referencing
PAT - Research project - Phase 3
Provide summary of the
report/findings/plan/proposal/solution
using PowerPoint or FrontPage or
Publisher
Busy, no time, short, to the point!
Hand in
• Spreadsheets, database queries and
reports
• Report
• Summary
• COMPLETED, PRINTED RUBRIC
PAT - Research project - Phase 3