In a section of an English 201 class, the professor decides to be "generous" with the students and will grade the exam in a unique way. Grades will be assigned according to the follwing rule: the top receives A's, the next 20% receive B's, the middle 40% receive C's, the next 20% receive D's, and the bottom 10% receive F's. Some may refer to this as "curving"
In a section of an English 201 class, the professor decides to be "generous" with the students and will grade the exam in a unique way. Grades will be assigned according to the follwing rule: the top receives A's, the next 20% receive B's, the middle 40% receive C's, the next 20% receive D's, and the bottom 10% receive F's. Some may refer to this as "curving"
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ChapterP: Preliminary Concepts
SectionP.1: Sets And Geometry
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In a section of an English 201 class, the professor decides to be "generous" with the students and will grade the exam in a unique way. Grades will be assigned according to the follwing rule: the top receives A's, the next 20% receive B's, the middle 40% receive C's, the next 20% receive D's, and the bottom 10% receive F's. Some may refer to this as "curving"
The 40 grades were as follows: 30, 53, 88, 69, 77, 57, 58, 43, 63, 51, 69, 88, 86, 84, 50, 83, 91, 76, 57, 90, 45, 79, 41, 80, 62, 66, 71, 58, 92, 85, 57, 74, 63, 60, 99, 85, 70, 93, 67, 53
- Do you think ths method of grading is fair to all students? Explain your answer
2. Under what circumstances would some students NOT like this method of grading?
3. Find the lowest score on the final exam that would qualify a student for an A, a B, a C, and a D
4. After doing the previous 3 parts explain the term "grading on a curve" what does it involve? what curve is it referring to?
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