Executive Summary

[Niagara1000]

Hi @cenuno ,

Is the Executive Summary (ES) supposed to be a separate chapter on its own or supposed to be embedded in another page? I'm confused because in the project rubric, I see a section that says:

Table of Contents

You can think about the final deliverable as sections in a report. The table of contents will be as follows:

1. Executive Summary (4-6 sentences)

• Overview / Research Question Program Details
• Data
  • Methods
  • Results

However, I'm unsure of where to include the ES within the entire project. Also, should it be its own file? If so, where should it be placed?

Thank you!

[cenuno]

Hi Archana,

It is its own separate chapter. Create a brief .rmd file within analysis/ that will stores the executive summary.

Cheers, Cristian

[Niagara1000]

I am still confused because at this link, it looks like there are 4 chapters required, but they're named differently from the table of contents items 1-4 (where 1 is the ES). So I'm confused about how many chapters we need to create in total, and what they should be focused on/named.

This is what I see in the link from above:

Consider each lab as a chapter in the book that is your final group website

You need to provide careful documentation of how you get from raw data in your project to final results. Think about it as a book where each chapter covers a distinct task:

Descriptive analysis of neighborhood change Community demographics that predict revitalization Impact of federal programs Packaging of final deliverables

Thank you!

[cenuno]

Hi Archana,

I apologize for the confusion: I'll go back and make sure that the week 02 notes reflect the project rubric as its the latter that serves as the source of truth for what is required of each group.

Cheers, Cristian

[Niagara1000]

ohh ok, thank you!

[JasonSills]

Hi @cenuno,

Follow up question on the rubric. For the Executive Summary, do we create:

1. a single link containing the information beneath 1. Executive Summary (4-6 sentences)
2. multiple links, one for each bullet point beneath item 1.Executive Summary (4-6 sentences)
3. multiple links, one for each bullet point AND one for item 1.Executive Summary (4-6 sentences)

Executive Summary (4-6 sentences) Overview / Research Question Program Details Data Methods Results

This logic cascades to other items. For example, is

2. Part I: Neighborhood Change

its own chapter and link containing the information below, or do we need a page that looks like the contents page with each line representing a link to information and a file for each link?

[cenuno]

Hi Jason,

I am not sure what you mean by "a single link" or "multiple links". Can you clarify?

The executive summary is its own chapter. Therefore it should have its own section within the table of contents:

If you want to link to your other chapters within the executive summary that is your choosing. The table of content will serve as the clearinghouse that stores one link per chapter related to your analysis in this course.

I hope that helps, Cristian

[JasonSills]

Hi,

By single I mean:

Executive Summary (4-6 sentences) -> this represents one link containing information in 4-6 sentences including: Overview / Research Question Program Details Data Methods Results

Multiple links: Executive Summary (4-6 sentences) -> links to page with 4-6 sentences Overview / Research Question Program Details -> links to page with overview Data -> links to page information about data Methods -> links to page with information about methods Results -> links to page with information about results

It sounds like it's option one above: one link containing the information in the bullet points. However, on in the rubric it states, "The table of contents will be as follows:" which implies our ToC needs to look exactly like the example, which indicates option 2 is correct (1 link for each line in the example).

[cenuno]

Hi Jason,

I can only repeat what I've said before: please make the executive summary a stand-alone chapter. You do not need to link anything within that executive summary as the table of contents (see the screenshot in my previous message) will serve as the clearinghouse that stores all the chapters in your analysis.

I will clean up the rubric to say what I've said here.

Cheers, Cristian