GRAPHING RUBRIC CATEGORY Neatness and Attractiveness 4

Exceptionally well designed, neat, and attractive. Colors that go well together are used to make the graph more readable. A ruler and graph paper (or graphing computer program) are used. All points are plotted correctly and are easy to see. Data on the graph matches the data inputted into Excel.

3
Neat and relatively attractive. A ruler and graph paper (or graphing computer program) are used to make the graph more readable.

2
Lines are neatly drawn but the graph appears quite plain.

1
Appears messy and "thrown together" in a hurry. Lines are visibly crooked.

Accuracy of Plot

All points are plotted correctly and are easy to see. 90% of the data on the graph matches the data inputted into Excel.

All points are plotted correctly but 75% of the data entered does not match the data inputted into Excel.

Points are not plotted correctly OR extra points were included and none of the data matches the data inputted into Excel.

Data Table

Data in the table is well Data in the table is organized, accurate, organized, accurate, and easy to read. and easy to read. The X and Y axes have clear, neat labels that describe the units used for the independent and dependent variables (e.g, days, months, participants\' names).

Data in the table Data in the table is is accurate and not accurate easy to read. and/or cannot be read.

Labeling

The X and Y axes The X and Y The X and/or Y have clear labels that axes have labels. axis do not have describe the units labels used for the independent and dependent variable.