Astronomy 102A: The Solar System

TR 1:00--2:15 pm

Instructor: Dr. David Jeffery

The students's marks, averages per mark category, cumulative average, and preliminary letter grade are shown below followed by some explanatory tables. The students are listed in extended alphabetic order by their aliases. Only students with aliases are listed.

Drops: A dropped mark is the negative of actual value, except that ordinary dropped 0's are listed as -201 and special drops are -202. Temporary drops for items that must be completed are -301.

Tables: There are two explanatory tables at the bottom of this file.

Table 1: This table shows the category of the markable items in the 1st column, the weighting of the category in the 2nd column, the number of drops allowed for the category in the 3rd column, the total number of items in the category in the 4th column, and the maximum mark for each item in the category in the 5th column. All the items of a given category have the same weight regardless of maximum mark.

Table 2: This table shows the class average, class standard deviation, and class mean GPA.

Grade Calculation: For preliminary grades, the grading scheme is:

Grade Lower Bound for Grade on Cumulative Average A 90. B 80. C 70. D 60. F 0.

Alternate grade schemes Grade Scheme -1 0. 57. 60. 64. 67. 70. 74. 77. 80. 84. 87. 90. Grade Scheme -1 0. 40. 50. 55. 60. 65. 70. 75. 79. 83. 86. 89. Grade Scheme -1 0. 35. 49. 55. 60. 65. 70. 75. 79. 83. 86. 89. Grade Scheme -1 0. 60. 60.0001 69.9999 70. 70.0001 79.9999 80. 80.00001 89. Grade Scheme -1 0 59.9998 59.9999 69.9997 69.9998 69.9999 79.9997 79.9998 79. Grade Scheme -1 0 53.9998 53.9999 63.9997 63.9998 63.9999 79.9997 79.9998 79.

Your cumulative average is the weighted average of the averages of each mark category.

At the end of the course, I use these preliminary grades as a ***GUIDE*** in fixing the final grades. Emphasis on guide. I will make the final call.

END:

 Student Marks and Grades
 
 
  1  101412           Cumulative Ave.= 97.18  Dev.=  1.389  Letter Grade=A
Ave= 99.0    49   50  -45
Ave= 94.4    68
 
  2  1472bod71        Cumulative Ave.= 81.69  Dev.=  0.246  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 88.0   -34   47   41
Ave= 72.2    52
 
  3  1trystan1        Cumulative Ave.= 70.18  Dev.= -0.603  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 79.0    37   42  -32
Ave= 56.9    41
 
  4  53307            Cumulative Ave.= 90.80  Dev.=  0.919  Letter Grade=A
Ave= 93.0    46   47  -43
Ave= 87.5    63
 
  5  8J181            Cumulative Ave.= 74.36  Dev.= -0.295  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 73.0   -23   31   42
Ave= 76.4    55
 
  6  a081583          Cumulative Ave.= 78.56  Dev.=  0.015  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 80.0   -30   43   37
Ave= 76.4    55
 
  7  Asastars         Cumulative Ave.= 83.36  Dev.=  0.369  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 88.0    45   43  -33
Ave= 76.4    55
 
  8  Ashley Simp      Cumulative Ave.= 54.60  Dev.= -1.752  Letter Grade=D
Ave= 66.0   -31   35   31
Ave= 37.5    27
 
  9  B18C GSR         Cumulative Ave.= 91.31  Dev.=  0.956  Letter Grade=A
Ave= 92.0    47  -41   45
Ave= 90.3    65
 
 10  Bamiedola        Cumulative Ave.= 94.18  Dev.=  1.168  Letter Grade=A
Ave= 94.0    46   48  -33
Ave= 94.4    68
 
 11  cold.buick       Cumulative Ave.= 87.93  Dev.=  0.707  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 91.0    46   45  -37
Ave= 83.3    60
 
 12  Eazy-E           Cumulative Ave.= 81.73  Dev.=  0.250  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 89.0    44  -37   45
Ave= 70.8    51
 
 13  hamanna          Cumulative Ave.= 75.40  Dev.= -0.217  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 84.0    41   43  -32
Ave= 62.5    45
 
 14  Illian           Cumulative Ave.= 89.09  Dev.=  0.792  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 92.0   -37   46   46
Ave= 84.7    61
 
 15  Jesi Simp        Cumulative Ave.= 55.89  Dev.= -1.657  Letter Grade=D
Ave= 70.0    34   36  -25
Ave= 34.7    25
 
 16  Kamel            Cumulative Ave.= 86.31  Dev.=  0.587  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 92.0    46   46  -43
Ave= 77.8    56
 
 17  lighthouse3      Cumulative Ave.= 83.44  Dev.=  0.376  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 90.0    47  -38   43
Ave= 73.6    53
 
 18  missu2160        Cumulative Ave.= 66.11  Dev.= -0.903  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 75.0   -20   37   38
Ave= 52.8    38
 
 19  Nornie30         Cumulative Ave.= 42.31  Dev.= -2.658  Letter Grade=F
Ave= 52.0   -12   23   29
Ave= 27.8    20
 
 20  parnellielane    Cumulative Ave.= 81.00  Dev.=  0.196  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 85.0    41   44  -34
Ave= 75.0    54
 
 21  PhogHawk7        Cumulative Ave.= 83.31  Dev.=  0.366  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 87.0   -41   45   42
Ave= 77.8    56
 
 22  Skittle          Cumulative Ave.= 83.31  Dev.=  0.366  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 87.0   -43   44   43
Ave= 77.8    56
 
 23  Skyhook          Cumulative Ave.= 94.73  Dev.=  1.209  Letter Grade=A
Ave= 94.0    46   48  -39
Ave= 95.8    69
 
 24  Smiley072        Cumulative Ave.= 72.91  Dev.= -0.401  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 78.0    38   40  -34
Ave= 65.3    47
 
 25  Soledad          Cumulative Ave.= 64.93  Dev.= -0.990  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 61.0    32   29  -20
Ave= 70.8    51
 
 26  Steven35         Cumulative Ave.= 71.47  Dev.= -0.508  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 83.0    41   42 -201
Ave= 54.2    39
 
 27  Stormyzephar#7   Cumulative Ave.= 76.29  Dev.= -0.152  Letter Grade=C
Ave= 79.0   -38   40   39
Ave= 72.2    52
 
 36  Z8LCFB           Cumulative Ave.= 87.62  Dev.=  0.684  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 84.0    41  -31   43
Ave= 93.1    67
 
 37  Zoem2004         Cumulative Ave.= 84.42  Dev.=  0.448  Letter Grade=B
Ave= 87.0    39   48  -28
Ave= 80.6    58
 
 Table 1:  Category, marking weights, number of drops, number in category,
 maximum mark for each item
 
exams (0 drop)        0.60   1   3     50  50  50
final                 0.40   0   1     72
 
 Table 2:  Class Parameters
 
 Class Average             =   78.34834
 Class Standard Deviation  =   13.55604
 Class mean GPA sans Curve =   2.621621