Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.20.0215 +0200]: > Ok, what does that mean? From my probably flawed reading, it sounds > like the gov't likes to ensure that grades are as high as possible. No, just as fair as possible. > > Moreover, I would like to be able to assign grades su

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:02, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1834 +0200]: > > If you make an "answer template" in a dictionary, I bet that REs > > would make it pretty trivial. > > The main problem is that we have to adhere to pretty strict rules by

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1834 +0200]: > If you make an "answer template" in a dictionary, I bet that REs > would make it pretty trivial. The main problem is that we have to adhere to pretty strict rules by the Swiss government in terms of statistical analysis of the

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 11:03, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1638 +0200]: > > Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binary > > file of some sort? > > Yes. One file per student, one line per question, of the following > format: > >

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1638 +0200]: > Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binary > file of some sort? Yes. One file per student, one line per question, of the following format: 01: ab 02: ce 03: d 04: acd [...] > Have you looked in F

Re: OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 06:39, martin f krafft wrote: > I have to grade 200 multiple choice exams, and rather than > reinventing the wheel, I figured it'd be best to quickly ask: does > anyone have a tool to do this grading automatically? Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binar

OT: grading multiple choice

2003-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
I have to grade 200 multiple choice exams, and rather than reinventing the wheel, I figured it'd be best to quickly ask: does anyone have a tool to do this grading automatically? If not, I'll whip out the Python this afternoon and try to make it universal. Thanks, -- Please do not CC me when re