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darthsagacious
· 7 years ago
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Grade weighting. That term paper you didn't turn in was 30% of your grade, but those homework assignments you googled all the answers to aren't worth much. It makes sense.
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deleted
· 7 years ago
But this rings true even for assignments worth the same amount of points, noticed in my 2D modeling class when I forgot to turn in one assignment and lost several percentage points while the rest that I turned in only increased my score by a marginal amount
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darthsagacious
· 7 years ago
Consider how fractions work. If you get a 0/10 on something, and you currently have a 87/100, the numerator stays the same, but the denominator increases by 10, therefore your grade decreases by 9.1%. However, if you get a 10/10, both the numerator and denominator increase by the same amount, and only gives a moderate 1.4% increase. This is because the amount added only represents a small portion of the total, which proves to be diminishing returns as the point total increases and your overall grade increases. It's just like life, you can do good almost every day, and it slowly increases your progress/reputation/self-esteem/whatever, but a seemingly minor setback can have a disproportionately large negative impact.
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guest
· 7 years ago
Wow, that is fantastic explanation. Thank you.
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tony007
· 7 years ago
Why does it have to work this way?
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garlog
· 7 years ago
Was the assignment you got a zero on a math assignment?
guest
· 7 years ago
Yep. I forgot to turn in a MINOR assignment for a course, and it dropped my grade by 5%, and at the end of term I completed 3 assignments for extra credits, got 100% on them all, and only got a 4% raise on my grade.
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