main-midtermstats

Statistics on the midterm:

• high score = 98
• low score = 42
• mean score = 75
• median score = 77

The answer key is pub:midterm-key.pdf

For each question, at least 1 person got full credit. (this means each question was possible).

Here is an interesting graph: time turned in vs. grade.

Here is the correlation between exam grade and P1 grade with outliers removed (note: P1 grades go over 100 - if we cap P1 grades at 100 (since you can’t get better than an A), the correlation is even better:

Grading scale (note: this is approximate, there are some fence cases that we might give the benefit of the doubt to)

• A = 90 or above
• AB = 83 or above
• B = 70 or above
• BC = 63 or above
• C = 50s