Thesis
D efense
P resentations
Project
T itle:
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Authors:_____________________________________________________
Details
• 15
m inutes
f or
p resentation
( approximately
1 0
s lides,
n ot
i ncluding
t itle
s lide/reference
s lide)
• 5
m inutes
f or
q uestion/answer
• Arrive
1 5
m inutes
p rior
t o
t he
s tart
o f
t he
s ession
( not
j ust
y our
t ime
s lot)
t o
l oad
y our
p resentation
onto
t he
c omputer
i n
t he
r oom
• Dress
p rofessionally!
S hirt
a nd
t ie/suit/etc.
N o
p olos,
j eans,
c asual
a ttire
Title
S lide
•
Title
o f
p roject
•
Your
n ame,
d egrees,
c ertifications
•
Thesis
A dvisor’s
n ame(s)
•
Slide
1 :
I ntroduction
•
Provide
B ackground
o n
t opic
•
Cite
w ith
S upporting
L iterature
•
Establish
t he
n eed
f or
y our
r esearch
( point
o ut
t he
g ap)
•
Slide
2 :
P urpose
•
One
s lide
w ith
p urpose
s tatement
&
H ypothesis(es)
•
“The
p urpose
o f
t his
s tudy
w as
t o...”
•
“Our
H ypothesis(es)
w as/were…”
•
Slide
3 :
M ethods
•
Participant
d emographics
( Age
S D,
H eight
S D,
W eight
S D
–
b e
s ure
a ll
d ata
i s
i n
m etric
u nits)
•
State
s tudy
d esign
•
Define
G roups
•
Participant
I nclusion
&
E xclusion
c riteria
•
Slide
4 :
M ethods
( continued)
•
Instrumentation
( e.g.,
s urveys,
e quipment)
•
Procedures/Processing
–
p hotos
a re
v ery
u seful
h ere
•
Independent/Dependent
V ariables
•
Slide
5 :
S tatistical
A nalysis
•
Detail
s tatistical
a nalysis
•
Alpha
L evel
•
Post
H oc
t esting
•
Slides
6 -‐7:
R esults
•
Graphs,
C harts,
F igures
a re
b est
p ractice
w hen
d isplaying
a
l ot
o f
d ata
•
Display
s ignificant
r esults
f irst,
m ention
n on-‐significant
r esults
•
Present
s tatistical
v alues
( t,
f ,
r
x
)
2
•
Report
A chieved
P ower
•