COMM5501 Data Story Project Guide

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Data Story Project Guide

COMM5501

Introduction

The major project for COMM5501 is structured to provide students with a step-by-step guide to build their own data story on a topic of their own choosing, related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A link to the SDGs is included HERE for your convenience.

Students will need to select a contemporary challenge related to the SDGs, find the relevant data, process and present this data in an insightful and coherent manner, and apply their own judgement based on their findings to give an evidence-based recommendation to the identified challenge.

Although there is a “Data Story Content” assessment and a “Data Story Project” assessment as part of this course, we will use the term  “Data Story Project” to refer to the overall process of creating your data story.

The first three components of the Data Story Project will focus on building content for your data story. The fourth component will combine the content from the first three into the final version of the data story, and students will present their collated work in an appropriate format (guidance will be provided).  The fifth component will require students to showcase their work as part of their profes-sional portfolio.

This Data Story Project has a total weighting of 80% of your final grade for this course.  The 5 com- ponents mentioned above will be submitted throughout the term.  The key details for each component are provided below.

Please note that this document is only a guide for what to expect, as we may make changes during the term to respond to unforeseen circumstances.  This document should not be seen as being set in stone.

3 Writing a Wrong

3.1 Description

The third component of the Data Story Project will explore an opposing perspective to the CtA chosen by the student. It is very easy to find information supporting any given perspective, i.e. confirmation bias. To mitigate such biases and to give a more rounded, considered presentation, students will need to find an opposing perspective, assess its merits, and create an appropriate counter-argument.

Students will need to find a source that opposes their chosen stance, analyse this stakeholder using the framework from Topic 4, and provide an evidence-based assessment of the validity of this source. The focus of this component is to use data to provide the counter-argument.

The purpose of this task is for students to show versatility by deliberately challenging themselves through addressing this opposing perspective.  There will again be opportunities to receive feedback from peers and from a tutor.

Note 1: This component is a summative task and will be graded by tutors.

Note 2: Students will have one attempt to complete this task.  In the unfortunate event that a stu- dent fails this component, please see the instructions provided in Section 3.6 for further information.

This component has a 25% weighting towards your final grade

3.2    Supporting Activities

The lab in week 5 will contain guided activities to help students nominate and analyse the opposing perspective, including identifying the corresponding stakeholder that might hold this opposing per- spective.  The stakeholder framework from Topic 4 can then be used to understand this stakeholder further, so that a response can be planned.

As with previous components, there will also be formative discussion forum posts for getting further peer feedback.

3.3 Deliverables

Students will submit a single Word document to Moodle using the provided template containing their finalised work from week 5. This document will need to include:

1. Preamble: Provide  su!cient  context  for your  project.   Use  this  opportunity to  provide  an updated CtA, TA, and other relevant details.  This can be excerpts from an updated Impact Statement.  (max 150 words)

2. Opposing Perspective: Provide a brief summary of the chosen opposing perspective, including:

• A short description of the opposing perspective itself,

• The likely stakeholder with this view (where appropriate),

• An explanation of how the opposing perspective relates to the TA’s incentives, interests, and/or responsibilities, and

• Any relevant data visualisations used in the opposing perspective (clearly label and caption these as appropriate).

(max 200 words)

3. Counter-argument: Your counter-argument needs to be primarily based on data.  Whilst you can use multiple data visualisations for this section, at least one needs to be an original creation. This means that:

• You will need to make the visualisation yourself, and

•  This visualisation will need to provide new insights/perspectives that aren’t in an existing visualisation (say, from one of your sources).

You can have accompanying written notes to give context to the data visualisations provided, and express the overall approach of the counter-argument. However, markers will mainly assess this section based on your data visualisations.  (max 200 words)

4. Bibliography: References must be provided for all of your sources.  This includes the CoPi- lot output from the week 5 tutorial activity that was used to support this task,  as well as a description/reflection on how the CoPilot output was used by the student.

NOTE 1: A template will be provided on Moodle four students to submit this component.

NOTE 2: Whilst the stakeholder framework from Topic 4 is not an explicit part of the deliverables for this component, it is highly recommended that you use it to help structure your counterargument.

3.4 Due Date

12:01am Monday week 7.  Details on a short extension will be provided on Moodle closer to the due date.

The teaching team will try to do our best to provide feedback in a timely manner.  Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a 1-week turnaround.  However, there will still be peer feedback from the corre- sponding formative assessment, as well as informal feedback from your tutor to help you refine this third component for use in the fourth (and fifth) component(s).

3.5 What makes a good submission?

Unlike the previous components, this component will be graded by a tutor. Your work will be assessed across 5 categories:

1.  Preamble to provide context

2.  Opposing perspective

3.  Counterargument

4.  Data Analysis and Visualisation

5.  Bibliography

As noted previously, Deliverable 3 has a weighting of 25% of your final grade.  Your grader will use the following process to determine your mark out of 25:

Step 1: Determining whether the submission has passed

Your grader will first use Table 1 below to determine if your presentation is eligible for a passing mark (i.e.   12.5 marks or above).   The passing criteria in Table 1 below are separated into  Primary and Secondary. In order to pass Deliverable 3, students will need to:

• Pass ALL primary criteria, and

• Fail  no  more  than  two  of the  secondary  criteria  across  all  categories.   For  example,  if  your submission fails 1c), 2c), and 4c), then that is a total of three secondary criteria, and not one in each category.

If your submission meets the above requirements, then it will score at least 12.5 marks.  If this is the case, your grader will proceed to Step 2 below.

Step 2: Determining a mark between 12.5 and 25

To be eligible to score beyond  12.5 marks, first you need to achieve ALL Primary and Secondary criteria in Table 1.

In Table 2 below, there are 5 additional criteria.  Your grader will assess how many of these additional criteria you have met, and you will receive an additional 2.5 marks for each one (above the 12.5 marks from Step 1, with a maximum of 25).

NOTE: Each criterion in this list is assessed on a binary basis—you must fully meet its requirements to receive the mark. Partial marks are not awarded for progress toward any individual criterion.

Grader’s Rubric

The teaching team will use the tables below to assess your Deliverable 3 submission:

Table 1: Basic criteria

Categories

Primary criteria

Secondary criteria

1. Preamble to provide context

a)  Call to Action (CtA) has been provided

b)  Target Audience (TA) has been provided

c)  Other relevant contextual details for your project have been provided.

2. Opposing perspective

a)  A valid opposing perspective to the CtA has been chosen.

b) Data and/or reference to evidence the existence (or at least probable existence) of the opposing view.

c)  The opposing perspective is relevant to the incentives, inter- ests, and/or responsibilities of the TA.

3. Counterargument

a) Refute, mitigate, and/or address the opposing perspective with logical reasoning.

b) Adequately support the counterargument with relevant data, analysis, or external evidence, with appropriate referencing.

4. Data Analysis and Visualisation

a) There is at least one data visualisation that is an original creation of the student supporting the counter-argument (see Section 3.3 for details).

b) All data visualisations used are relevant to the arguments being made.

c) All data visualisations are appropriately labeled, referenced, and fact checked.

d)  All data visualisations adhere to the general design principles taught in this course

5. Bibliography

a) Provide CoPilot output, either from the week 5 tutorial or a later iteration, used in the preparation of Deliverable 3.

b)  Provide an adequate description of the modifications made to the CoPilot output in putting together Deliverable 3.

The examples in Table 2 below will all refer to the following CtA and Opposing Perspectives:

(i)  CtA of “the Australian Federal Government should increase a”ordable rental housing supply” and an opposing perspective of “Public agencies lack the capacity and e!ciency to develop and  manage large-scale a”ordable housing projects”

(ii)  CtA of  “large supermarkets should donate their excess food to food banks” and an opposing perspective of “It is di!cult to ensure safety and quality of donated food” .

Table 2: Bonus Criteria

Categories                                  Bonus Criteria (with examples)

2. Opposing perspective              (2.5 marks each)

Criterion 1: The opposing perspective is framed to directly relate to the incentives, interests, and/or responsibilities of the TA.

Examples of such framing include:

(i) Frame the opposing perspective in terms of reputation risks for the Federal Government if such a project is mishandled, and potential backlash if new taxes need to be introduced to fund such developments.

(ii) Frame the opposing perspective in terms of potential legal liability for for the supermarket if their donated food causes food poisoning, and associated reputation risks.

Criterion 2: The choice of opposing perspective and associated supporting evidence demonstrate a depth in understanding the topic.

Examples include:

(i) Inclusion of relevant historical cases where government-administered large-scale a”ordable housing projects have failed, including details of challenges such as maintenance, tenant support, and long-term sustainability.

Moreover, consequences of such failures (see above for examples) in historical cases would also be highly relevant.

(ii) Statistics on spoilage/wastage rates of donated foods at food banks, or proportion of foodborne illness cases attributed to donated food.

Alternatively, historical cases where supermarkets faced legal li-ability over donated food (with statistics) would also be highly relevant.

3. Counter-argument               (2.5 marks each)

Criterion 3: The counter-argument e”ectively addresses key concerns raised by the opposing perspective.

Note: E”ectively addressing the opposing view doesn’t necessarily mean completely debunking it. More simply, it could be showing that the CtA is still the best option despite valid concerns from the opposing perspective.

Examples of e!ectively addressing the opposing view include:

(i) Giving context/evidence to show that the historical cases of failed government-administered large-scale a”ordable housing projects used in the opposing perspective were a poor comparison to Australia, and providing examples from more comparable countries where similar projects have succeeded. Another approach could be to show that such failures were a past issue and that drastic improvements have been made in more recent times in Australia.

(ii) Inclusion of data to debunk concerns as being unsubstantiated (e.g. if a study found that cases of poor quality/safety in donations were very rare, or at least comparable to non-donated food), or noting recent improvements such as better food handling training and implementing cold chain logistics (and the associated data on improved food quality/safety).

Criterion 4: The counter-argument is framed to directly relate to the incentives, interests, and/or responsibilities of the TA.

Examples of such framing include:

(i) Frame the counter-argument in terms of how it will help fulfill any goals of improving housing a”ordability (what are your notes from the stakeholder framework?), increased productivity (and associated tax revenue), and reputation gains (that improve chances of re-election).

(ii) Frame the counter-argument in terms of reduced costs of disposing unsold food, tax benefits from such donations, enhancing brand image (and customer loyalty), and/or creating goodwill within the community

4. Data Analysis and Visualisation           (2.5 marks)

Criterion 5: A range of data visualisation has been e”ectively used to support the opposing view and/or counter-argument.

Examples include:

(i) Visualisations could evidence the opposing perspective through vi-sually showing data from past a”ordable housing projects where costs exceeded projections. Conversely, the counter-argument could be evidenced by visually showing trends of improvement in the outcomes of more recent projects compared with historical projects.

(ii) Visualisations could evidence the opposing perspective by visually comparing food shelf life against distribution times, or the his-toric number of foodborne illness cases related to donated food. Conversely, the counter-argument could be evidenced by visually showing e!ciency gains from partnerships with food banks, im-provements in (say) cold storage leading to reductions in food-borne illness cases.

3.6 What if I fail this component?

3.6.1 Requesting a regrade

Your submission for Deliverable 3 is graded on its individual merits based on Table 1.   Regrading requests will only be considered based on Table 1.  This means that we do not consider requests on the grounds of:

• E”ects on your expected graduation date;

• E”ects on your academic standing;

• Whether you believe that a di”erent tutor would have passed your work;

• To get a “second opinion” to confirm that the submission has failed;

• How much e”ort you believed you have put into the task;

• Challenges to the specified learning outcomes of the course;

• Challenges to the assessment methods approved for the course;

• Challenges to the standard required to receive particular marks/grades in the course;

• Study overload;

• Financial implications of not passing the course;

• Marks/grades received by other students;

• Lack of language proficiency;

•  The need for  additional marks to  achieve  a higher grade or weighted  average mark  (WAM); and/or

• A penalty imposed on a student for academic misconduct in accordance with University policies and procedures

This  is  not  an  exhaustive  list,  but  instead  are  a  mix  of common  reasons we  have  received  in the past and the requirements set by the university. You can read more about UNSW’s requirements for requesting a review of results HERE.

If you believe you have valid grounds for a regrade (i.e. your reasons are strictly based on the criteria in Table 1), you will need to submit a Regrade Request Form for Deliverable 3. This form is available on Moodle in the Deliverables tab.

In your request, you must provide a clear justification explaining how your work meets the requirements outlined in Step 1 of Section 3.5 above.

3.6.2    Can I resubmit a revised version of my work?

Unfortunately, as the grading process for Deliverable 3 is quite time-intensive, we cannot o”er an option for resubmission.  It is your responsibility to seek and apply peer and tutor feedback BEFORE you submit your work.

3.6.3 Safety net for D3

To be eligible for the safety net for D3, you must meet ALL of the following criteria at the end of the term:

• You have failed Deliverable 3,

• You have not been successful in/eligible for a regrade request,

• You have passed D4 without the use of the D4 safety net,

• You have failed the course at the end of the term, and

• Passing D3 would allow you to pass the course.

Students who meet all the criteria above will be awarded a passing grade of 50 at the end of the term.


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