poster.md

Project Poster (30 points)

Create a digital 36 inch by 48 inch or 24 by 36 inch (portrait or landscape) poster describing your research project. Because the course is being taught remotely, you do not need to print a hard copy of your poster. PDF must be uploaded to your repository by 1:30pm Central Time (Chicago Time) on Monday, June 3.

You will present the digital version of your poster via Zoom meeting with Dr. Evans and some of your fellow students during your chosen time slots on June 4-5.

Grading rubric

1. Overall design/layout (10 points)
   • Clarity
   • Organization
   • Structure/flow
   • Use of color
   • Parsimony and efficiency of language
2. Visualization (10 points)
   • Figures
   • Tables
3. Content (10 points)
   • What is the research question?
   • What is the answer to the research question?
   • How did you answer the research question?
   • How strong is the evidence?

Research poster templates

• Powerpoint
  • UChicago template
  • Poster Presentations templates
• LaTeX
  • LaTeX poster template
  • beamerposter
• R Markdown
  • flexdashboard poster
  • drposter
• Other
  • Duke Econ poster templates

Steps to print poster (no hard copy required this term)

1. Use your template to render your poster as a PDF.
2. Proof-read the poster for typos or weird visual issues.
3. Give the electronic file to the printer
4. Your poster does NOT need to be laminated, and does NOT need to have foam core backing. We will provide the core backing when you present your poster.

Where to print the poster (no hard copy required this term)

• John Crerar Library, PSD Graphic Arts
  • Around $50 for a 24 x 36 inch non-laminated poster
  • Around $85 for a 36 x 48 inch non-laminated poster
  • 24 hour turnaround
  • Cash or check only
• Fedex Office at 1315 E 57th St.
  • $44 for 24 x 36 inch non-laminated poster
  • $87 for 36 x 48 inch non-laminated poster
  • 24 hour turnaround
• Unfortunately, the Booth printing shop is no longer

Goal of a research poster

• Show people what is in your paper.
• Every poster must include the:
  • Paper title
  • Paper author and contact information
  • Date
• From the content section of the grading rubric above, your poster should clearly state:
  • the research question
  • the answer to the research question
  • your methods to answering the research question
  • an indication about how strong the evidence is
• Helpful tips
  • Don't reproduce the paper
  • Keep the words to a minimum
  • Choose your words carefully (informative phrases)
  • Have a logical flow
  • Make the font size and font style and text placement legible
  • Visualize your results
• What do you want the reader of and listener to your poster to come away with?

Optional poster attributes

• Literature cited (not optional if you cite things on the poster)
• Acknowledgments

What not to do with a poster

• Full abstract
• Verbatim text

How to present your poster (on Wed., June 5)

• Stand by your research (and by your poster)
• In a poster presentation, you are having an exchange with your listener/visitor.
• Start slow, then gauge where your listener/visitor's interests are.
• What do you want them to come away with? What did they actually come away with?
• Don't read from your poster.
• Behave professionally (and dress professionally)

Examples of scientific posters

• Bad poster: "Pigs in Space..."
• Good poster: Soltoff, "Do Decisions Follow Dollars?"
• Good poster: Soltoff, "A Matched Case Analysis..."
• Good and bad examples, Duke Econ poster page
• AEA 2020 poster session videos
• AEA 2017 poster session posters