Abstract
Assurance of equity in student outcomes includes ensuring that module results are comparable within reasonable bounds. We present a procedure that first compares (and adjusts if necessary) module variances. Then, student results are individually normalised to standard variates. A simple sign test is used to identify modules with disproportionately good or poor results. Module results are offset so as to adjust averages that do deviate. A detailed examination of an artificial data set shows that the proposed very simple procedure yields results that agree with a sophisticated statistical analysis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 820-833 |
Journal | International Journal of Engineering Education |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 5 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |