405fa01_memo1228

TO: Students in CJ 405
FROM: R. B. Taylor
DATE: 12/28/01
RE: Explanation of grading sheet

The final grading sheet appears below. Please note the following:

If you took the final exam it was curved up by 4%. I recognize, as I have discussed with some of you that the "jump" from interpreting regression tables done in class to interpreting the ones seen in the research article on the final exam was indeed sizable. The curve helps make up for that. In future offerings of this course I need to work in more reviews of journal articles with OLS tables.
When I was dropping the lowest homework, I also allowed a quiz to be dropped, if that was the lowest grade. Earlier in the semester I had said we could not drop quiz grades. The "average best homework + quiz" represents the average after this lowest grade was dropped out.
If you did the final paper, that grade was substituted in for the three homeworks, but only if that final grade was higher than each homework grade it was replacing. In a few places it was not, so some individual homework grades stand from these last three assignments.
The final grade formula, as shown below, takes into account the additional participation points for presentations as shown in the first part of the formula, because I am multiplying by 130 instead of 100; this gives you the three additional points on the overall grade we had promised.
The rows shown are sorted by your SSN, with one exception, but the digits shown are the last six digits of your ssn.
In the final grades delivered, I tried, as I always do, to find a cut point that does not barely nose people out, and that fits with the overall pattern of work in the semester. You needed a 94 or better to get an A and a 90.5 or better to get an A- . Given the extra points handed out, and the overall liberal policy on the participation portion, and the curving up of the final, and the dropping of the lowest homework or quiz, I was not willing to do any rounding up of final scores.
Of course, if you have any comments or concerns about your particular grade, call me (1-7169) or send me some email and we will talk about it.

Final grade formula:

(0.1*130)+(0.7*AH3)+(0.2*(SUM(AJ3:AK3)))

SSN	HMWKS						quiz							QUIZ					PAPERHOME-1	PAPERHOME-1-100	PAPERHOME-2	PAPERHOME-2-100	PAPERHOME-3	PAPERHOME-3-100	TOTL	LOWEST	AVG BEST	Final Work		GRADE
SUBSTITUTED FOR 3 PAPER HOMEWORKS STARTING WITH VERSION 40501FF_V V	9/10	9/10-R	9/10-HIGHEST	9/10-highest-100	9/17	9/17-100	24-Sep	10/1/2001	10/1-100	10/8/2001	10/8-100	10/15/2001	10/15-100	10/22/2001	10/29/2001	10/29-100	11/5/2001	11/5-100	11/14/2001						HMWK+QUIZ	HMWK+QUIZ	HMWK+QUIZ	EXAM+4%	PROJECT	HOME+FINAL+PAR	GRADE
787844	2.8	3.5	3.5	90	2.8	83	102	2.5	80	2.9	84	1.5	70	92	3.7	92	3.25	87.5	3.5	90	3.3	88	3.4	89	1047.5	70	88.86	80.6018		91.3	A-
663647	1	2.8	2.8	83	3	85	93	1.6	71	3.5	90	3.4	89	79	3.5	90	3.7	92	3.2	87	3	85	4	95	1039	71	88.00	79.802		90.5	A-
585407	2.5	3	3	85	2.5	80	120	3	85	3.2	87	3.4	89	93	4	95	3.25	87.5	3.2	87		0	3.5	90	998.5	0	90.77	77.0018		91.9	A-
069201	1.8	3.5	3.5	90	2.5	80	61	3.4	89	3.3	88	1.8	73	84	2.5	80	3.5	90	3.7	92	2.4	90	3	90	1007	61	86.00		90	91.2	A-
548109	3.5		3.5	90	3	85	69	2.5	80	3	85	3.6	91	97	3.8	93	3.7	92	3.2	100	4	100	3.4	100	1082	69	92.09		100	97.4	A
589307	2.5	3	3	85	2.8	83	100	3	85	2.8	83	3.5	90	89		0	3.25	87.5	2.9	84	2	75	3.4	89	950.5	0	86.41	80.8012		89.6	B+
569532	2		2	75	2.25	77.5	22	1.5	70	1	65	3.5	90	11		0		0		55		55		55	575.5	0	52.32			49.6	F
687090	3	3.5	3.5	90	4	95	57	3	85	3.5	90	3.5	90	98		0	3.7	92	3.5	90	2.5	90	3.7	92	969	0	88.09		90	92.6	A-
663583		2.5	2.5	80	3	85	59	3.2	87	3.4	89	3.5	90	95		0	3.25	87.5	3.2	87	3.25	87.5	3	85	932	0	84.73	82.168		88.7	B+
399852	3.5	2.4	3.5	90	3.25	87.5	88	3.1	86	3	85	1	65	56	2.8	83	3.6	91	2.9	90	3	90	3.2	90	1001.5	56	85.95		90	91.1	A-
734762	3	3.5	3.5	90	3	85	104	3.5	90	3.5	90	3.5	90	86	3.5	90	3.25	87.5	3.2	94	2.7	94		94	1094.5	85	91.77		94	96.0	A
658651	1.5	3	3	85	2.5	80	58	3	85	1.4	69	2.3	78	84	2.9	84	3.25	87.5	2.6	94	3	94	2.9	94	992.5	58	84.95		94	91.2	A-
829556	3		3	85	3	85	120	3.7	92	3.5	90	3.2	87	93.5	3.5	90	3.25	87.5	3	85	3.5	90	3.5	90	1095	85	91.82	75.0682		92.2	A-
351536	2.8	2.4	2.8	83	3.5	90	88	3.6	91	3.5	90	3.7	92	97	2.2	77	3.25	87.5	3.2	94	4	95	3.5	94	1078.5	77	91.05		94	95.5	A
770552	2.5		2.5	80	1.5	70	92	2.7	82	3.5	90	3.2	87	94	2.5	80	3.6	91	3.5	90	2.5	90		90	1036	70	87.82		90	92.4	A-
983016	2	3	3	85	1.5	70	97	2.2	77	3.6	91	3	85	84	3	85	3.25	87.5	3	92	2.5	92	2.9	92	1037.5	70	87.95		92	92.9	A-