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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