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Phase 3PAT / Research project

PAT - Research project - Phase 3

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

Task 1Use information –

Processing/analysing

PAT - Research project - Phase 3

Folder structure

• SurnameFirstname– Phase 1– Phase 2– Phase 3

• Need clear file names

• Extra folders in Phase 3 if required

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

PAT - Research project - Phase 3

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

Task 2Use information - Final presentation/synthesis

PAT - Research project - Phase 3

Report• Introduction

– 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.

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Rephrase questions if necessary to help solve the problem

Questions to solve problem

Access

Oops. Need to rephrase Q

Fixed Q

Excel

Rephrased QFixed Q

Report Refine.

Questions must be reflected in report

PAT - Research project - Phase 3

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

• 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

Provide summary of the report/findings/plan/proposal/solution

using PowerPoint or FrontPage or Publisher

Busy, no time, short, to the point!

PAT - Research project - Phase 3

Hand in

• Spreadsheets, database queries and reports

• Report

• Summary

• COMPLETED, PRINTED RUBRIC