CMSC 37110-1: Discrete Mathematics

Fall 2006


STATISTICS


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Abbreviations:

uq = upper quartile (75% of class scored below this),
median (50% of class scored below this),
lq = lower quartile (25% of class scored below this),
max = theoretical maximum, best = best in class

Course grades

Number of students: 19

          Cumulative points     grade
             max    100
             best    96           A+ 
             uq      80	          A- 
             median  64	          B  
             lq      56	          B- 

 (Note: an A+ is recorded as an A by the registrar)

Quiz 2 (4%)

Test date: Nov 28      Statistics posted: Nov 29

Number of students: 19

        with    w/o         approximate grade 
           bonus             boundaries

max       48    38
best      30    30            A/B      24
uq        24    24            B/C      19
median    20    20            C/D      14
lq        15    15


Midterm 2 (16%)

Test date: Nov 14      Statistics posted: Nov 24

Number of students: 19

          with      w/o     approx grade 
             bonus           equivalents

max        77       62
best       50       48         44-53 A-/A
uq         41       41         32-43 B-/B+
median     28       25         20-31 C-/C+
lq         19       19         12-19 D/D+
                                0-11 F
Points of particular weakness: inclusion-exclusion; Fermat's little Theorem (what is the exception?); logic. Difficulties with logic were especially manifest in the "if and only if" argument (between two forms of FlT: what about the converse? what about the exception?); also in the "prime powers in n-factorial" problem.

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Quiz 1 (4%)

Test date: Oct 24      Statistics posted: Oct 31

Number of students: 20

          with      w/o     approx grade 
              bonus          equivalents
max        35       31             26-30    A-/A
best       29       29             20-25    B-/B+
uq         23       21             14-19    C-/C+
median     11.5     11.5            8-13    D-/D+
lq          8        8              0-7     F

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Midterm 1 (16%)

Test date: Oct 12      Statistics posted: Oct 18

Number of students: 20

          with      w/o     approx grade 
              bonus          equivalents
max        49       34 
best       44       34          A+
uq         35.5     31.5        A
median     26.5     26.5        B
lq         18.5     18.5        C

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Homework sets 1 through 13 excluding HW 12

Compare this statistics with the cumulative score you received on the graded HW 13 (green numbers, handed out on Nov 14).

Number of students: 19

          points    percent         Approximate grade equivalents:
                                         percent   grade     
max          363     100              			         
best         360      99	           90-100   A-/A      	
uq           344      95	           80-89    B-/B+         
median       314      86.5	           70-79    C-/C+      
lq           290      80	           50-69    D-/D+      
         			            0-49     F         
				        

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Class participation

Class participation grades as of Nov 24. These grades are not final. You will find your grade in a red diamond next to your midterm-2 grade (red box) in the exam booklet.
          points           Approximate 
                           grade boundaries

max         10                A/B  8       
best        10                B/C  5
uq           9                C/D  3
median       7
lq           6

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