2012 Results

This page gives a summary of results for 2012, including details on the exam.

Exam Results

I provided a sample exam with a very similar structure to the final exam (same style, same themes, same mark distribution, but different questions).

For those who are interested, the exam was marked double-blind. Each page of each paper was given a number and then the pages of the paper were taken apart and each question was marked separately, with only the serial number and handwriting as identifying features. The mapping from serial number to student ID was not made available until the marking was complete (except for question one, which was answered on the reverse side of the cover page). Each question was marked using a fairly detailed marking guide, and each marker started at a different place in the sequence of exams (so baises due to tiredness etc were distributed across the entire sequence of exams, rather than all falling to certain exam papers).

Here are some figures and basic statistics about the exam.

The distribution of marks for the exam.

Question 1

The distribution of marks for Question 1.

Question 2

The distribution of marks for Question 2.

Question 3

The distribution of marks for Question 3.

Question 4

The distribution of marks for Question 4.

Question 5

The distribution of marks for Question 5.

Question 6

The distribution of marks for Question 6.

Overall Results

Correllation of final marks with COMP1110

This graph shows the correlation between COMP1110 2012 results (y-axis) and COMP1100 results (x-axis). Each x represents a single student. Each x printed on the y-axis represents a student who did COMP1110 in 2012, but did not do COMP1100 in 2012. Conversely, each x printed on the x-axis represents a student who did COMP1100 in 2012, but not COMP1110. All of the other x's represent students who did both, with the y-value representing their final grade in COMP1110, and the x-value representing their final grade in COMP1100.

This graph is similar to the above but shows COMP1510 results (y-axis) and COMP1100 results (x-axis).

Correllation of final marks with COMP1130

This graph is similar to the ones above, but compares COMP1140 (y-axis) and COMP1130 (x-axis). The correlation here is strong.