| Category | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Analysis (40%) |
Specific answers with correct analysis and no major omissions or errors. |
Reasonable answers either incomplete or with some errors. |
Somewhat vague answers that are incomplete, unsupported, or contain errors. |
Weak, incomplete, or answers that contain significant errors. |
Vague ramblings with no specific answers or major errors. |
| Economics data and analysis (20%) |
Effectively uses data and sound economics to support the analysis. |
Limited but reasonable data, correct but possibly incomplete analysis or some errors. |
Limited data or limited documentation with somewhat vague, incorrect, or missing analysis. |
Limited data, limited documentation, or missing or incorrect analysis. |
Missing data, missing documentation, missing or largely incorrect analysis. |
| Statistics content and interpretation (10%) |
Legitimate and correct statistical analysis with accurate and complete interpretations. |
Limited statistical analysis or weak interpretation or minor errors. |
Weak statistical analysis with limited interpretation or major errors. |
Limited or incorrect analysis with minimal interpretation or significant errors. |
Missing statistical analysis or interpretation or significant errors. |
| Presentation and grammar (10%) |
Well organized, easy to read, no errors, including charts and tables. |
Weak organization, hard to follow, includes charts and tables. |
Hard to understand, contains errors, includes readable charts and tables. |
Hard to read, many errors, missing charts and tables or they are unreadable. |
Poorly organized, many errors, hard to read, missing charts and tables. |
| Originality (20%) |
Work is unique and creative. |
Analysis and solutions are largely mechanical but are individual. |
Several other people had the same solution and analysis. |
Comments are similar to those from many other people. |
Work is largely a copy of existing work or work from other people. |