Grading
Kate Wrightson
Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
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YoYo
>Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
>how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
Tight curve?
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Kate Wrightson
In article <6ho11g$i...@xochi.tezcat.com>, YoYo <yo...@xochi.tezcat.com> wrote:
>In article <6hnvjt$f...@eyrie.org>, Kate Wrightson <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
>
>>Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
>>how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
>
>Tight curve?
He's not curving.
YoYo
>>In article <6hnvjt$f...@eyrie.org>, Kate Wrightson <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
>>
>>>Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
>>>how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
>>
>>Tight curve?
>
>He's not curving.
I'd certainly call that a curve, even if he claims it's not. Unless
there's no mathematical basis to it at all, in which case it's a fudge.
Dave Van Domelen
In article <6hnvjt$f...@eyrie.org>, Kate Wrightson <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
>Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
>how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
Okay, you say he's not curving, which in this case probably means it's a
"flat" curve, in that there's the same distance from A to B as from B to C.
So, let's say that 89 is the lowest possible A-, and 84 the highest possible
B+, with A and F both occupying larger chunks of the curve (normally only F
has a larger portion in a flat curve, but obviously in this case A joins
it).
85-86 is a B, 87-88 is a B+, filling in the gap between A- and B-. So
we have two points per category, and A- is just 89-90, with 91+ being an A.
If no one got over 92, this is effectively a regular flat curve, since the
range 93-100 doesn't exist (or maybe 93-94 got A+).
Extending downward,
83-84 B-
81-82 C+
79-80 C
77-78 C-
75-76 D+
73-74 D
71-72 D-
0-70 F
Nasty distribution, but flat. Exactly two points for each step. In
fact, it's the only flat distribution that'll work, unless there's half
percents allowed.
Dave Van Domelen, prefers criterion referencing to norm referencing....
Kate Wrightson
In article <6ho3h7$d...@huitzilo.tezcat.com>,
YoYo <yo...@huitzilo.tezcat.com> wrote:
>I'd certainly call that a curve, even if he claims it's not. Unless
>there's no mathematical basis to it at all, in which case it's a fudge.
Despite Dave's handy breakdown, there appeared to be no real meaning to
the letter portions of the grades (based on the discussion after class).
I think I got a B- because of the *kinds* of questions I missed, rather
than the number of things I missed.
Talk about a perverted form of criterion referencing ;)
Bryan C. Andregg
On 23 Apr 1998 11:00:29 -0700, <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
> Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
> how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
I cannot determine a progression from a series of only 2 numbers.
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Jeremy.
In net.education.general, Bryan C. Andregg (br...@redhat.com) said...
>On 23 Apr 1998 11:00:29 -0700, <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
>> Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
>> how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
>
>I cannot determine a progression from a series of only 2 numbers.
|- "uniquely"
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1, 2, 3, 4, ... (hint: a(n) = (n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)*(n-4)*ln(n!) + n).
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On 23 Apr 1998 11:00:29 -0700, <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
> Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
> how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
I cannot determine a progression from a series of only 2 numbers.
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Hillary Gorman
In <6hnvjt$f...@eyrie.org>,
Kate Wrightson <ka...@eyrie.org> wrote:
*Okay, I need an explanation from my Italian professor as to just exactly
*how an 89 can be an A-, but an 84 is a B-.
In our Principles of Medicine course, grades were assigned as follows:
96-100 A
90-95 B
83-90 C
below 83 = failing
People who scored below 96 in the course were shocked to receive their
grades, because we'd been previously informed that grading would be broken
down as per normal procedures - A =90, B=80, C=70, then failure is under
70%. When the academic liason from our class approached the course
organizer, he said it was tough luck because our class did "too well" in
the course.
This was later reversed by the dean, and the course coordinator decided to
retire. Or something.
h.
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