----- Forwarded message from Peter Westfall -----
Deming himself (if I remember correctly) graded everyone as "A" until
the administration noticed, and then they made his courses Pass-Fail.
Deming was also very much against ranking students in any way, except
for the possible exception of identifying an exceptional student that
others might emulate (the > 3*sigma student) and identifying the
exceptionally poor student (< 3*sigma) for remediation. All other
students should be be essentially equivalent, in Deming's philosophy.
----- End of forwarded message from Peter Westfall -----
Would you recommend this for drivers' license tests? Oh, I get it,
that's what we're doing already! No wonder.
I have to admit, it would sure simplify quality control if we
considered anything within +- 3 s.d. to be OK. Then I guess the
motivation would be to throw in a few clunkers now and then to keep
the s.d. as large as possible?
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