My comments (identified with "--->") on previous comments: the only reason why alphabetizing or ... using numbers in order ... would be to make it simpler for a student to find his/her score ...
---> That may be, but a problem with listing in alphabetical order, even without names, is that readers of the list might be able to associate grades with specific students (and I gave some examples). it is doubtful that having a list ordered with last 4 digits of a student number is going to offer any casual observer ... even a student in a class ... the ability to identify anyone scores ---> It's not only the casual observer we have to worry about, but the observer who knows the class. I gave some examples where identities could be known, or accurately guessed, if the observer knew the names of many or all the students in the class. keeping scores secret is not the criterion ... it is making them unidentifiable to the casual observer ... ---> Not so. The law says student academic records are to be kept from anyone, casual observer or not (except, of course, persons with an academic right to know--like academic advisers). Jerrold H. Zar, Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL 60115-2854 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
