>Arthur J. Kendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu: >>Is it unethical to display a frequency count and percentages of the >>grades for a course (without any names or identifiability) since someone >>might feel badly about where they stand in the class?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >After most quizzes, I show the class the median and mean. I have >sometimes thought about displaying the further information mentioned >above, but have desisted exactly because I'm concerned about hurt >feelings. > >I'd like to hear some comments from others on this. It seems like a strange thing to be concerned about to me. First of all, shouldn't you be equally concerned about the harm to students that may come from their not realizing how good/bad their performance is relative to others, and consequently making an unwise decision as to whether or not to persue a career in this field? And if you are concerned about hurt feelings, why do you show the median and mean? Surely comparison with those is quite enough to cause hurt feelings in some students. Shouldn't university students be treated as adults? Radford Neal . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
