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     "In canvas, deliver as a group and include:\n",
     "\n",
     "- A PDF of your report which follows the guidelines covered below and in the week 39 exercises. Additional requirements include:\n",
-    "  - It should be around 5000 words, use the word counter in Overleaf for this.\n",
-    "  - It should be around 10 pages long, not including references or appendices.\n",
-    "  - It should include around 10-15 figures.\n",
+    "  - It should be around 5000 words, use the word counter in Overleaf for this. This often corresponds to 10-12 pages. References and appendices are excluded from the word count\n",
+    "  - It should include around 10-15 figures. You can include more figures in appendices and/or as supplemental material in your repository.\n",
     "- A comment linking to your github repository (or folder in one of your github repositories) for this project. The repository must include\n",
-    "  - A PDF of the report\n",
+    "  - A PDF file of the report\n",
     "  - A folder named Code, where you put python files for your functions and notebooks for reproducing your results. Remember to use a seed for generating random data and for train-test splits when generating final results.\n",
     "  - A README file with\n",
     "    - the name of the group members\n",
     "    - a short description of the project\n",
-    "    - a description of how to install the required packages to run your code from a requirements.txt file\n",
+    "    - a description of how to install the required packages to run your code from a requirements.txt file or similar (such as a plain text description)\n",
     "    - names and descriptions of the various notebooks in the Code folder and the results they produce\n"
    ]
   },