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[new] Who said |A| = |B| = |C| ... (none / 0) (#3)
by SeminoleNo1 on Tue Dec 17, 2002 at 03:29:40 AM PDT

> 2. As you pointed out, centering the distribution around "C" would fail half of the class. If we take "C" to mean "passing," then the days of "C" meaning "average" are gone. (That is, unless we simply declare 3/4 of all students to be "above average!" :-)

One could center around C and not fail half the class. No one said the number of As is the same as the number of Bs etc. Just give about half to 2/3 the class C's to begin with, then 15% Bs, and 7% or so As.


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