PAPER                         MAX        EARNED

Content                        30        30
  correct
  appropriate
  complete

- nice choice of detail and technical level

- insert here standard harangue about "statisticians should never
  report fits or point estimates without also reporting SE's or other
  measures of uncertainty".  (this really matters!)

- on p 8 top (or perhaps elsewhere) I would add that convolving the
  the gaussian makes the step function continuous, which greatly helps
  the optimization.

- some brief discussion at the end of 4.3.2 about automating the
  starting value process might be helpful

- for the timing data at the end of the paper, what computer setup?

Organization                   20        20
  overall
  sentences and paragraphs
  signposts for skim reader
  two audiences (investigator
    and instructors)

- an abstract would be helpful; your brief introduction almost already
  is one!

- otherwise, overall (section level) and local (parag and sentence
  level) organization is great

Format                         10        10
  layout
  typography

- great

Language                       10        10
  voice
  precise
  clear
  concise
  forthright
  familiar
  fluid

- very nice, mature writing

- in other settings (ADA and PhD dissertation) try to keep this nice
  mature writing voice and continue to be judicious about the level of
  detail presented, even though the work you will be describing will
  get much more technical.

Mechanics                      10        10
  grammar
  usage
  punctuation
  spelling

- didn't notice any problems

Figures and Tables             10        10
  judiciousness
  each discussed in text

- great

Appendix/es                    10        10
  judiciousness
  organization
  crossref'd from text

- N/A

TOTAL                         100       100

OVERALL COMMENTS:

Great job.  Nice comments from Andy too.