Research Poster

Sections Of Research Poster
The Title (8 points)
• Title of Study (2 points)
• Names of Students (2 points)
• Name of Institution (2 points)
• Faculty Sponsor: David Lawrence (2 points)
The Introduction (10 points)
Provides reader with background and rationale for study
• 1-2 short paragraphs (2 points)
• Include Literature Review references (Minimum of 2 from your library research) (4 points)
• Make a case for the project (2 points)
• End with objective or hypothesis statement (2 points)
Methods / Results (14 points)
• Describe Data mining (2 points)
• Provide Descriptive Statistics found (2 points)
• Inferential Statistics (10 points)
Null hypothesis, alternate hypothesis, test statistic,
rejection region/p value, conclusion
Conclusions (4 points)
• Results (2 points)
Null hypothesis proved/disproved?
• Include a few statements about the results (2 points)
What could you do with your findings (application / future
research needs?)
Did you learn something interesting?
Literature Cited (6 points)
• References from Introduction – minimum requirement of 2 references (4 points)
• Proper format (2 points)
Appearance – (8 points)
• Artwork or Graphs (2 points)
• Visually Appealing (2 points)
• Neat and Organized (2 points)
• Appropriate Use of Text (2 points)
Overall Poster suggestions
• Minimize verbage
• Aside from introduction, make bulleted statements or short statements
• Divide poster into sections with titles of each section
• Overall appearance is important – is it neat and organized, does it stand alone, does it catch your attention, is the writing large enough to see, does it include too much text?
Directions for Setting Up a Poster in PowerPoint
Choose Design tab
Page Set Up
Slides Sized For
Custom
Width 40
Height 32
PowerPoint will automatically default to Portrait or Landscape depending on settings
Text Insertion
• Use the text box icon under the insert menu or type into Word and paste into PowerPoint
• Suggested font sizes
o 60 for title (bold)
o 50 for names (bold)
o 40 for institution (
o 40 for section titles (bold)
o 32 for text
o Experiment with fonts and print to see actual sizes and appearances.
 Print
 Select “Scale to Fit Paper” under full page slides
Titles: Insert under or above text, figures, graphs, and pictures as a text box.
Artwork: Use insert function or copy and paste directly.
Edit to develop a Professional Looking Poster
• Experiment with options
• Use the Zoom-Fit option under the view menu to see whole poster
• To see up close Zoom in closer by selecting or typing in a % (such as 100%)
• Use
Home
Arrange – to align different parts of your poster