Below is a summary of the course grades for the term. If you have any questions, please contact me directly. It's been a pleasure teaching all of you this quarter. Have a great winter break and get excited for @rickecon to teach you all about computational modeling next quarter. I look forward to seeing you all again in the spring for Perspectives on Computational Research.
Letter grade breakpoints
| Letter grade |
Numeric range |
| A |
93 - 100 |
| A- |
90 - 92.99 |
| B+ |
87 - 89.99 |
| B |
84 - 86.99 |
| B- or below |
0 - 83.9 |
These cutoffs were determined based on a standard 10-point scale for letter grades (e.g. 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B, 70-79 is a C). After reviewing the overall distribution of final scores for the class, I determined there was no need for a curve this term. 56.8% earned a straight A, while 79.5% of students earned an A or A-. Final scores are not rounded, nor will I consider doing so. Unfortunately this always means at least a handful of students fall just short of the cutoff for the next higher letter grade. However if I were to bump those scores up I would cause future researchers who may wish to analyze your grades using a regression discontinuity design to fall victim to a violation of the "as good as random" assumption.
Distribution of overall grades
- Mean: 91.3
- Median: 93.4
- Standard deviation: 9.41
Individual assignments
| Assignment |
Mean |
Median |
Std. Dev. |
Min |
Max |
| Observational data |
8.53 |
8.50 |
0.891 |
7.0 |
10 |
| Survey |
8.21 |
8.50 |
1.546 |
0.0 |
10 |
| Experiment |
8.48 |
9.00 |
1.691 |
0.0 |
10 |
| Simulation |
9.49 |
10.00 |
1.562 |
0.0 |
10 |
| Mass collaboration |
9.78 |
10.00 |
0.719 |
6.0 |
10 |
| Ethics |
9.57 |
9.75 |
0.637 |
6.5 |
10 |
| EDA |
9.20 |
9.50 |
1.544 |
0.0 |
10 |
| Unsupervised learning |
9.27 |
9.50 |
1.548 |
0.0 |
10 |
| Final exam |
18.78 |
19.38 |
1.653 |
11.5 |
20 |
Below is a summary of the course grades for the term. If you have any questions, please contact me directly. It's been a pleasure teaching all of you this quarter. Have a great winter break and get excited for @rickecon to teach you all about computational modeling next quarter. I look forward to seeing you all again in the spring for Perspectives on Computational Research.
Letter grade breakpoints
These cutoffs were determined based on a standard 10-point scale for letter grades (e.g. 90-100 is an A, 80-89 is a B, 70-79 is a C). After reviewing the overall distribution of final scores for the class, I determined there was no need for a curve this term. 56.8% earned a straight A, while 79.5% of students earned an A or A-. Final scores are not rounded, nor will I consider doing so. Unfortunately this always means at least a handful of students fall just short of the cutoff for the next higher letter grade. However if I were to bump those scores up I would cause future researchers who may wish to analyze your grades using a regression discontinuity design to fall victim to a violation of the "as good as random" assumption.
Distribution of overall grades
Individual assignments