MAT128 Diagnostics

Your diagnostics are in:

Mean: 13.95
Median: 14

You have

your form (and, near your name, the "number correct" out of 25),
the correct answers (BBCABDAEBEDECEDACCCEAEDED) have been put in next to any that you got wrong,
and the test is available here.

Now what do we do with the result of this diagnostic test? Compute your percentage (multiply by 4!), then reference these data (which come from the University of Kentucky: Elementary Calculus at UK: 2423 Students over Four Semesters (2002-2004)).

Class profile:

Tier	Number of students
>70% (score > 17)	2
50%-70% (score between 13 and 17)	11
<50% (score < 13)	6

So our median score, which corresponds to 56%, is in the vicinity of a 43% success rate (based on this data, and an A, B, or C grade as the measure of success).

You might look back over the test, and see if you can identify a trend in the problems you missed. Are there things that you need to work on in order to do well in calculus?

A couple of issues:

Time was a factor for some; if you just didn't get to the last \(n\) problems, I estimated your score, assuming you would do as well on the last problems as you did on the first \(25-n\) problems.
Some of you are just rusty, and can knock the rust off quickly.
Some of you might have just been nervous.
Worst case scenario: you're not ready for calculus.

In any event, if you are concerned about your preparation, you might talk to me about your particular case.

You might also make plans to spend plenty of time in the Calculus lab (MEP 457).

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