University of Kansas, Fall 2006
Philosophy 148: Reason and Argument
Ben Eggleston—eggleston@ku.edu

recap of practice test

The practice test administered on September 11 was taken by 186 students. Here is some statistical information about the scores of the 184 students who put their names on their tests:

You should score your own test and make sure the correct score is listed for you in the online gradebook in Blackboard. Here is how to do that:

1. Check your answers to questions 1–12 against the correct answers:

2. Check your answers to questions 15–27 against the correct answers:

3. Give yourself 1 point for each of these that you got right, except for number 27. If you got that one right, give yourself 2 points instead of 1. You could earn up to 26 points on the multiple-choice part of the test.
4. Your discussion-section leader graded your answers to questions 13 and 14. Each one was graded on a scale of 0 to 1, where 1 is given for a correct answer and 0 for an incorrect answer. Multiply each score by 2, and add them together. You could earn up to 4 points on these two questions.
5. Divide your total number of points earned by the total number of points possible (30), and multiply by 100 to express your raw score as a percentage.
6. This test was curved by 4 percentage points. So, add 4 to the previous number.
7. Then round off to the nearest hundredth of a percentage point. For example, if your calculator reads 69.333333, round that off to 69.33. The resulting grade should match the grade recorded for you in the online gradebook in Blackboard. If it is not, please come see me (and, of course, bring your test with you).