CSU East Bay ILO Quantitative Reasoning Draft Rubric 2-4-17 Approved for Pilot

Description: Quantitative Reasoning (QR) – is competency and comfort in working with numerical data. It involves
understanding and applying mathematics/statistics to analyze and interpret real-world quantitative information in
a disciplinary context. Individuals with strong QR skills possess the ability to reason about and solve quantitative
problems from a wide array of contexts. They understand and can create sophisticated arguments and conclusions
supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those in a variety of formats (using words, tables,
graphs, mathematical equations, etc., as appropriate).

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Problem Formulation Formulation of Formulation of Formulation of Formulation of

Translation of the the problem is the problem is the problem is the problem is
disciplinary/real-world problem comprehensive adequate and limited; incorrect or
into a QR context (e.g., writing a and placed in an placed in an explanation of missing;
hypothesis, a math model, appropriate appropriate the context is explanation of the
quantitative instrumentation). quantitative quantitative somewhat context is
Use and interpretation of context. context. incorrect or incorrect or
quantitative data/information to incomplete. incomplete.
identify or formulate a problem.

Representation/Visualization Accurate and Mostly accurate Somewhat Inaccurate,

Depiction of quantitative appropriate and appropriate accurate and/or inappropriate, or
information such as visual (e.g., display of display of appropriate missing display of
figures, charts, tables, equations) quantitative quantitative display of quantitative
and non-visual (e.g., ADA information using information. May quantitative information. May
accessibility). academic contain minor information. May contain major
vocabulary with errors in contain major errors in
correct symbols, academic errors in academic
units, scale, etc. vocabulary, academic vocabulary,
symbols, units, vocabulary, symbols, units,
scale, etc. symbols, units, scale, etc.
scale, etc.

Quantitative Analysis Appropriate and Mostly Somewhat Inappropriate

Selection of analytical methods accurate selection appropriate and appropriate and inaccurate
(e.g., data analysis, solution and use of analytic accurate and/or selection and use
technique). methods. selection and use somewhat of analytic
Use of the selected analytical of analytic accurate methods.
method. methods. selection and use
of analytic
methods.

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Interpretation Appropriate and Mostly Somewhat Inappropriate,
Description of the meaning of comprehensive appropriate appropriate inadequate, or
the results in the context of explanation of the explanation of the explanation of the missing
the original problem results obtained results obtained results obtained explanation of the
formulation. from the from the from the results obtained
quantitative quantitative quantitative from the
analysis in the analysis in the analysis. quantitative
context of the context of the Explanation of the analysis.
original problem. original problem. context is Explanation of the
somewhat context is
incorrect or incorrect or
incomplete. incomplete.

Implications Clearly identifies Adequately Unclear or limited Inappropriate or

Extension of potential and explains identifies and explanation of missing
application to broader substantive explains substantive explanation of
contexts (e.g., predictive potential substantive potential substantive
values, future directions, applications of the potential applications of the potential
ramifications, clinical results and their applications of the results and their applications of the
prognosis, professional broader impacts. results and their broader impacts. results and their
and/or civic responsibilities). broader impacts. broader impacts.

Limitations Accurate and Mostly accurate Somewhat Inaccurate or

Acknowledgement of thorough and/or mostly inaccurate and/or missing
limitations in interpretation articulation of thorough limited articulation of
and implication that stem deficiencies with articulation of articulation of deficiencies with
from underlying assumptions, the underlying deficiencies with deficiencies with the underlying
data analysis procedures, data, analyses or the underlying the underlying data, analyses or
methods used, and/or conclusions. data, analyses or data, analyses or conclusions.
characteristics of the data conclusions. conclusions.
itself (e.g., sample size,
skewed, obvious bias).

Overall Communication Consistently clear Mostly clear and Somewhat unclear Unclear or illogical
Follows a logical sequence and logical logical or illogical presentation; fails
and presents an explicit chain presentation presentation; presentation; may to use appropriate
of reasoning. Uses throughout, using generally uses fail to use academic
disciplinary terminology as appropriate appropriate appropriate language.
appropriate. academic academic academic
language. language. language.