A apumic Oracle of the Sheet 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jan 1, 2007 Messages 3,924 Reaction score 13 Dec 10, 2010 #51 Members do not see this ad. docelh said: The professor posted the grade distribution for the intro Bio. class today. This is pre-final and pre-incorporation of the lab score. Class size: 144 Mean: B-/C+ A or A-: 7 (< 5%) Click to expand... Looks like a pretty good curve to me.
Members do not see this ad. docelh said: The professor posted the grade distribution for the intro Bio. class today. This is pre-final and pre-incorporation of the lab score. Class size: 144 Mean: B-/C+ A or A-: 7 (< 5%) Click to expand... Looks like a pretty good curve to me.
W wanderer Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 15, 2008 Messages 1,979 Reaction score 33 Dec 10, 2010 #52 Although the mean looks alright, it seems that the standard deviation is too low. Most classes have more than 5% As.
Although the mean looks alright, it seems that the standard deviation is too low. Most classes have more than 5% As.
A apumic Oracle of the Sheet 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Jan 1, 2007 Messages 3,924 Reaction score 13 Dec 10, 2010 #53 wanderer100 said: Although the mean looks alright, it seems that the standard deviation is too low. Most classes have more than 5% As. Click to expand... It all depends how the prof sets it. I'd prefer to see something more like 10/20/40/20/10 but if it's 5% As/5% Fs, that definitely works.... I think, in general, we tend to give out too many As. At least this prof is reversing that trend a bit.
wanderer100 said: Although the mean looks alright, it seems that the standard deviation is too low. Most classes have more than 5% As. Click to expand... It all depends how the prof sets it. I'd prefer to see something more like 10/20/40/20/10 but if it's 5% As/5% Fs, that definitely works.... I think, in general, we tend to give out too many As. At least this prof is reversing that trend a bit.
