On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 12:02, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.07.19.1834 +0200]: > > If you make an "answer template" in a dictionary, I bet that REs > > would make it pretty trivial. > > The main problem is that we have to adhere to pretty strict rules by > the Swiss government in terms of statistical analysis of the > answers. We need to weed out the questions that don't reflect > a candidate's skills (by using a question's discriminatory power) > and keep a set reliability score high.
Ok, what does that mean? From my probably flawed reading, it sounds like the gov't likes to ensure that grades are as high as possible. > Moreover, I would like to be able to assign grades such that the > average will be a B (5.0 in Switzerland, 2.0 in Germany). Grading "on the curve"? -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | | | | "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian | | because I hate vegetables!" | | unknown | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]