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Calculations Process
Allows the user to Calculate a Stats Results set based on the selected Exam answer key and selected Registrant responses from Exam Sessions ( link).
Selecting Sessions
Calculations is a process of comparing the responses of Registrants against the Exam answer key. Each Exam Registrant is registered to an Exam session. So, to select Registrants to be calculated, the user must select Sessions to be calculated.
Sessions can be selected by clicking, shift clicking or ctrl-clicking rows in the Session selection grid. The grid The user can also click the Select All and Clear All buttons to select all Sessions or clear the Session selection respectively. The user can sue grid filtering and sorting controls and add or remove columns from the grid to narrow their selection. For more on grid navigation, click here. The Session selection grid only lists Sessions with Registration records.
Stats Result Set Title
Each calculated Stats set can have a user defined title associated with it so the user can more easily Identify the Stats Results set.
Stats Result Set Key
Calculations is a process of comparing the responses of Registrants against the Exam answer key. Items can have alternate keys that can be used for bonus calculations. By default the answer key 1 is selected.
Alternate Scoring
To Calculate Alternate Scores (including t-Scores) CE uses an AlternateBase, AlternateStDev and AlternateMean.
CE Supports several Alternate Scoring Systems. Depending on the Alternate Scoring System selected, these values are set, or they can be manually selected. All values in the grid below can be overridden by the end user. The “True” calculation is no Alternate Scores. The AlternateBase is initially blank. If no value is provided, then the ExamValueMax is used. See Alternate Scores for more.
Tab Strip
The tab strip at the top of the page allows the user to go back to the Include/Exclude page, to the Mark Entry page, to the Graph page, to the Results page or the Maintenance page.