Outline Refereeing

As I promised at our last meeting, I have created a set of guidelines to assist you in refereeing the outlines (these tend to be my feeling about what we should be doing, and are not based on theory, UNLIKE what your outlines should be). AFTER you have read and fully understood what is required, you MUST submit your reviews by going to the OUTLINE REVIEW SUBMISSION hover button above.

You MUST provide comments AND RATE (see below) the following areas:

1. Topic Interest. This refers to how much interest you feel the topic has. This is a consideration, but NOT a major one. Rate this area in terms of how mush interest you believe that the topic has for the general research community, NOT in terms of how much interest it holds for you (although, let's face it, if you think it is really a boring area, then rate it accordingly)

2. Topic Definition. This refers to how Definitive you think the topic is (i.e., "Does the outline try and do too Much?? Does it try and do too little?? Is it appropriate??"). You are to determine how well the topic applies, comment upon it, and rate accordingly.
3. Topic Feasibility. This refers to  whether or not you think the topic can be completed in the time allotted. Essentially, it is the question: "Is it doable??". You are to determine how feasible the topic seems, comment upon it, and rate accordingly.
4. Outline Strengths. This refers to what you felt were the BEST points of the outline. You are to comment and rate accordingly.
5. Outline Deficiencies. This refers to what you felt were the WORST points of the outline. You are to comment and rate accordingly. NOTE: For this evaluation area, USE THE OUTLINE DEFICIENCIES RATING SCALE.
6. Outline Improvement.  This area does NOT involve rating. We all want feedback on what we have done. This is where you enter comments about how the submitter might go about improving there outline. You might feel that the outline is terrible. You can let the author know this, BUT ONLY IF YOU SUBMIT COMMENTS THAT WILL ASSIST THE AUTHOR IN IMPROVING THEIR OUTLINE.

For Questions 1 through 4, Rate each area using the following scale. YOU MUST ENTER A NUMERIC SCORE BETWEEN 1 AND 9 ON THE SUBMISSION FORM.

   Very                                    Below                                                                             Above                             Absolutely
   Poor                                  Average                               Average                               Average                              Perfect!!!
   |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
   1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9

For Question 5 (ONLY), Outline Deficiencies, Rate each area using the following scale. YOU MUST ENTER A NUMERIC SCORE BETWEEN 1 AND 9 ON THE SUBMISSION FORM.

Loaded with                      Far Too Many                                                                        Few                            Absolutely No
Errors/Deficiencies            Errors/Deficiencies                  Average                           Errors/Deficiencies            Errors/Deficiencies 
   |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
   1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9

You Must submit your Reviews using the SUBMISSION FORM by the date given.

This page was last updated on 06/22/02