I'm writing you a data commentary of the makeup exam.
Table 16: A Comparison of the Regular and Makeup Exam
Regular exam | Makeup exam | |
Average score (out of 100) Time administered Difficulty of questions Number of students Proctor Board examples Room environment | 86 Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. average 125 professor yes about 20C | 72 Friday, 4:00 p.m. average 25 teaching assistant no (not considered necessary) about 28C |
First of all, the table shows that the difficulty of questions is on average in both exams, so the difference between the average scores may be caused by some other objective factors. For example, there are only 25 students who attended the makeup exam, and statistics based on this small portion sample can lead distortion to the result. Students who took the makeup exam may just did not learn very well. Another factor might be the lack of board examples, but since it is not very necessary in exams, I do not consider it main causation of the score difference. Moreover, the room temperature during the make up exam is 28 C, which is much warmer than during the regular exam, so students may become sleepy in such environment. In a word, text question level is not the causation of difference between the two exams and result from the makeup exam can reflect the knowledge level of the students as the regular exam does.
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teaching assistant
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