CSE143X Notes for Friday, 12/7/12

We mostly discussed the structure of the final. I showed the following breakdown of points:

                                                   Sample     Section
     Problem    Area                     Points     Mean       Mean
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
        1       Binary Tree Traversal       6        5.8        5.7
        2       Recursive Programming       9        6.5        6.6         
        3       Details of Inheritance     10        8.5        8.7
        4       Stacks/Queues              10        8.3        7.3
        5       Binary Trees               10        7.1        8.7
        6       Collections Programming    10        7.8        8.4
        7       Comparable class           15       13.0       12.0
        8       Binary Trees               15        9.6       11.1
        9       Linked Lists               15        6.2        8.1
                ---------------------------------------------------
                Total                     100       72.8       76.6
I said that the actual final will have the same kind of problems with the same distribution of points. The column labeled "Sample Mean" represents my best guess as to the average score that a 143 class would get if given the problems that were included in the sample final (handout #34). The column labeled "Section Mean" represents my best guess as to the average score that a 143 class would get if given the problems from the sample final distributed in section.

I reminded everyone that the exam is closed-book and closed-note. There is a two-page cheat sheet that will be attached to the test.


Stuart Reges
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