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id: 20250826111220
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title: Quad Charts
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type: permanent
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created: 2025-08-26T15:12:20Z
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modified: 2025-08-26T15:20:50Z
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tags: []
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---
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# Quad Charts
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Quad charts are the briefest of research proposals, and are
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a way of conveying a research idea in just one
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slide.
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The audience for a quad chart is usually non-technical. The
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content should reflect this.
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Quad charts consist of quadrants:
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## Quadrant 1 (Upper Left): Goals and Objectives
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This quadrant states the goal of the research in a single
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sentence, and lists the outcomes underneath it. Often you
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can start with "The goal of this research is to..."
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Then, the outcomes follow: "If this research is
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successful, we should be able to do the following:
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1. ...
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2. ...
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3. ...
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(4.?)
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It is critical that no jargon is used here. It is very
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tempting to do so.
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## Quadrant 2 (Bottom Left): Research Approach
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This quadrant answers the question: "What's new in your
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approach?"
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## Quadrant 3 (Top Right): Pretty Picture
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This is a break for the reader, and likely the first thing
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they'll actually look at on the chart. This figure should
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illustrate a key idea about the work that you want the
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reader to take away.
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No personal information should be included.
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## Quadrant 4 (Bottom Right): Impact and Contact Info
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This quadrant answers the question of "Who cares? What
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difference will it make if you're successful?"
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This quadrant should also contain contact info of the
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principal investigator, and if applicable, their advisor.
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