Quantifying the "Curve"

Authors

  • Jude T. Sommerfeld Georgia Institute of Technology

Abstract

The conversion of individual student scores (e.g., examinations, course totals) to letter grades is an exercise often required of an instructor.  Guidelines are presented here for sophomore-, junior- and senior-level engineering courses; these guidelines are based upon the mean and standard deviation figures for the data of interest.  A comparison of the guidelines for senior-level courses with seven years of historical data for such a course is also shown.

Author Biography

Jude T. Sommerfeld, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jude T. Sommerfeld is Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He received his BChE from the University of Detroit and his MSE and PhD degrees, also in chemical engineering, from the University of Michigan. His industrial and academic experience has been primarily in the area of computer-aided design, and he has published over 100 articles in this and other areas.

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Published

1998-07-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 3 (1998): Summer 1998

Section

Manuscripts