Bazza Posted June 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 Sophisticated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 More precisely, I have dropped exams down stairs, but it was just another random DEX roll failure rather than an evaluation process. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 I've heard of something called the Texas Curve, where you score the exam out of 100, take the square root of the score, and then multiply the result by 10. Sounds like a lot of extra work, if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 It's a nonlinear mapping that tends to compress scores toward the upper end of the 0-100 range. Scores around 50 get smooshed up toward 70, e.g. Hm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 It's a nonlinear mapping that tends to compress scores toward the upper end of the 0-100 range. Scores around 50 get smooshed up toward 70, e.g. Hm. The specific example I saw was in relation to AP classes. A raw score of 55% is sufficient for a 3 on many AP exams; this grading scale rewards a score of 55% with a C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Our med school only does pass/fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 I never have a rigid score/grade correlation; after 30 years in acadenia I still can't predict how students will do, on an absolute sense, on an exam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 An uncertain element. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 I've heard of something called the Texas Curve, where you score the exam out of 100, take the square root of the score, and then multiply the result by 10. Sounds like a lot of extra work, if you ask me. A more extreme case would be to take the (common) log of the raw score and multiply by 50. That makes the rare zero score something that really stands out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 17, 2016 Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 Like a sore thumb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Minus infinity really grabs the attention! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 By the cohones. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 A more extreme case would be to take the (common) log of the raw score and multiply by 50. That makes the rare zero score something that really stands out. Shall we call that the Seattle Curve, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Seattle Rock rules okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 William of Ockham (Occam's Razor is named after him) was a Franciscan friar. I wonder how many scientists/atheists who use Occam's Razor know they are quoting a religious figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Many, I would guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 It is known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 ... and Newton had extensive writings on the Bible, Copernicus was a priest, Lemaitre (general relativity and cosmology in the 20th Century) was a priest, Angelo Secchi (one of the founding titans of stellar spectroscopy, my discipline) was a priest, ... Science tends to value people for their contributions independent of other beliefs, professions, or habits they may have had, which is generally not the case for "true believers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 IIRC there are a number of Jesuits who have been honoured with features on the moon named after them...if the meme I saw is accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 The other thing: William of Ockham wasn't a scientist, his profession was philosopher/theologian and he is included among the Scholastics. Iirc Occam's razor was in principle well known during his time and centuries earlier--from memory, Aristotle was also aware if it, and wrote a form of it down. But would need to review my bookmarks, and articles I've saved over the yrs to check which can't happen in Monday at 3:20 am... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Yeah, I recall reading something to the effect that William was restating something, but I can't remember more than that ... it was pretty dry reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Looking up Wikipedia, Aristotle states a formation if it in his Posterior Analytics, one of his treaties on logic. That really fascinates me, and will have to follow that up, in due time. More in next few days, this week. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Night shift tonight, golf lesson tomorrow. Yay. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 "This is the driver. This is the niblick. This is the spoon. This is the plastique gopher." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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