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Re: OT: grading multiple choice



On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 11:03, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> [2003.07.19.1638 +0200]:
> > Presumably the answers have been encoded into a text or binary
> > file of some sort?
> 
> Yes. One file per student, one line per question, of the following
> format:
> 
>   01: ab
>   02: ce
>   03: d
>   04: acd
>   [...]

If you make an "answer template" in a dictionary, I bet that REs
would make it pretty trivial.

> > Have you looked in Freshmeat?
> 
> Yes. There are web-based systems (which I may use next time), or
> complete suites, but nothing that can just do the analysis without
> administering the actual exam... and I think I looked quite closely
> (which is what I usually try to do -- the homework -- before posting
> to d-u...)

Should have known, but had to ask...

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