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IE 460, IE 508 and IE 586
Structure of Assignment ReportsIsmail Basoglu
February 22, 2012
This document will help you to form your assignment reports,
which you will be submitting on moodle.We kindly ask you to follow
the below rules.
1. There will be two type of assignments. The ones you need to
do on paper and the ones you needto do on computer. If the
assignment is the first type, you have to hand over a hard copy of
yourreport in the specified time period. If the assignment is the
second type, then you have to submitthe soft copy on the moodle
page as a single file. The reports which will be sent via e-mail
willnot be accepted in both cases.
Remaining rules apply only for the second type assignments.
2. You can either write your reports on Microsoft Word (*.doc,
*.docx, *.pdf) or in LaTeX formatto create a pdf file. Text files,
scanned reports, files with unknown extensions or any report
thatconsists of more than one file is undesired.
3. If you are supposed to write down the R-codes in the
assignment report, do not just copy your codefrom R-console. An
efficient way to study in R is to write your code in a text file
(*.txt) first. Thenyou can paste your written code in R to obtain
the output. Either way, you have to write a leanand clear code in
your assignment. If you just copy your codes and output from the
R-console,then the picture will be like this:
> a f f(a)
[1] 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100
This is wrong. If you copy your codes from the text file and
just the output from the R-console,then the picture will be like
the following:
a
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6. If you intend to write mathematical expressions in Word,
click Insert, then the Object and chooseMicrosoft Equation 3.0 to
write down your expression. For LaTeX users, MathType is a
similarprogram to translate your mathematical expression into LaTeX
code. You are free to use othermethods which are available, but
make sure that your expressions are clear and legitimate. Youcan
also scan hand written formulas and embed them in your report but
make sure that they areclearly readable.
7. Suppose you intend to write a solution procedure with R. If
you are able, do not just write itas a sequence of codes but write
it as a general function which has input arguments that will
beintroduced by the user. Also, write explanations regarding to
your function if your command isnot easily comprehensible. As a
simple example, let x be a vector of integers from 1 to 100.
x
