Experimental design proposal rubric

// Moderate an experiment proposal's comparisons and stated uncertainty with distinct evidence-based descriptors; this illustrative rubric is not a validated instrument.
// Synthetic worked example: all entities, schedules and measurements are illustrative.
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rubric assessment {
  title: "Illustrative Experimental design proposal rubric"
  course: "Advanced professional practice"
  assignment: "Propose an experiment with valid comparisons and transparent uncertainty"
  author: "Flowss teaching example"
}

criterion criterion_0 {
  name: "Question"
  weight: .25
  description: "A testable question defines the design"
}

level level_0_0 {
  criterion: criterion_0
  label: "Emerging"
  points: 1
  descriptor: "States a broad topic"
}

level level_0_1 {
  criterion: criterion_0
  label: "Proficient"
  points: 2
  descriptor: "Defines intervention, comparator and outcome"
}

level level_0_2 {
  criterion: criterion_0
  label: "Advanced"
  points: 3
  descriptor: "Connects hypotheses to competing mechanisms"
}

criterion criterion_1 {
  name: "Experimental unit"
  weight: .25
  description: "Replication and allocation are defensible"
}

level level_1_0 {
  criterion: criterion_1
  label: "Emerging"
  points: 1
  descriptor: "Confuses repeated readings with replication"
}

level level_1_1 {
  criterion: criterion_1
  label: "Proficient"
  points: 2
  descriptor: "Identifies units and allocation procedure"
}

level level_1_2 {
  criterion: criterion_1
  label: "Advanced"
  points: 3
  descriptor: "Explains clustering and contamination risks"
}

criterion criterion_2 {
  name: "Controls"
  weight: .25
  description: "Controls isolate plausible alternatives"
}

level level_2_0 {
  criterion: criterion_2
  label: "Emerging"
  points: 1
  descriptor: "Includes no suitable control"
}

level level_2_1 {
  criterion: criterion_2
  label: "Proficient"
  points: 2
  descriptor: "Justifies baseline and procedural controls"
}

level level_2_2 {
  criterion: criterion_2
  label: "Advanced"
  points: 3
  descriptor: "Tests interference and failure modes"
}

criterion criterion_3 {
  name: "Analysis plan"
  weight: .25
  description: "Analysis follows the design"
}

level level_3_0 {
  criterion: criterion_3
  label: "Emerging"
  points: 1
  descriptor: "Chooses tests after viewing results"
}

level level_3_1 {
  criterion: criterion_3
  label: "Proficient"
  points: 2
  descriptor: "Prespecifies outcomes and analysis"
}

level level_3_2 {
  criterion: criterion_3
  label: "Advanced"
  points: 3
  descriptor: "Addresses missingness, multiplicity and sensitivity"
}

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