tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post8502229886097934581..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: What if they gave an exam and nobody came?Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-37431978620083754212013-03-14T06:20:07.061-05:002013-03-14T06:20:07.061-05:00does anyone have informmation on what actually hap...does anyone have informmation on what actually happened? i find myself curious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-80583504071949703822013-03-14T05:31:20.587-05:002013-03-14T05:31:20.587-05:00I would assume that he took this possibility into ...I would assume that he took this possibility into account. I have heard similar grading policies from teachers and I have also heard of students attempting to work together to set the curve, however students would generally refuse to comply out of fear that the teacher would fail everyone instead of passing everyone. AfterMathhttp://learninglover.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-2118766799923976912013-03-14T01:24:24.229-05:002013-03-14T01:24:24.229-05:00See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_...See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_beauty_contest for a similar game.Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261450441868956052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-67951944790283452672013-03-13T18:38:29.951-05:002013-03-13T18:38:29.951-05:00Yet another example of the power of randomization:...Yet another example of the power of randomization: if the professor would then announce that he would generate small random numbers for points earned (with the justification that he was just simulating the noise that his imperfect grading criteria would add to the points students would have earned with perfect grading), it would destroy the incentive to collude. A well-prepared student would be induced to take the test.CSProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07212822875614144307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-28493244529581315372013-03-12T22:09:49.488-05:002013-03-12T22:09:49.488-05:00Whenever my students ask for a curve, I ask them i...Whenever my students ask for a curve, I ask them if they would want me to curve an 85 to a C if it happens that the rest of the class scores 90 or above. <br /><br />Turns out they don't want a "curve" so much as they just want high grades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-57020283967265615522013-03-12T17:51:17.050-05:002013-03-12T17:51:17.050-05:00What happened to grading against an objective stan...What happened to grading against an objective standard instead of a relative curve?Rodneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01768193870857453631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-17187795768185537352013-03-12T16:20:01.906-05:002013-03-12T16:20:01.906-05:00They wouldn't gain anything by taking the exam...They wouldn't gain anything by taking the exam, it is not PD for so many reason. They can call it whatever they want but there is nothing gained from comparing it with PD.<br /><br />I think the professor got 0 in teaching and learned a lesson. If I were the professor I would announce that anyone not writing the exam will get zero. The point of an exam is not to see who is more intelligent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-51674829986398161692013-03-12T15:37:28.517-05:002013-03-12T15:37:28.517-05:00Alternatively, the Professor could make the case t...Alternatively, the Professor could make the case that all the students scored 0% of the maximum score...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-41751596051535283742013-03-12T15:08:11.594-05:002013-03-12T15:08:11.594-05:00Additionally, they were all working with perfect i...Additionally, they were all working with perfect information, i.e., what each other were doing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830526972760122698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-20225778897431988822013-03-12T15:04:05.910-05:002013-03-12T15:04:05.910-05:00"The students waited outside the rooms to mak..."The students waited outside the rooms to make sure that others honored the boycott, and were poised to go in if someone had. No one did, though."<br /><br />I think this makes the boycott avoid being a prisoner's dilemma problem. The students were all outside and if one went in they all would, negating any loss due to participating in the boycott. All in all, a clever plot. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10998296476154068779noreply@blogger.com