Well, the long-awaited results of my informal survey of the time faculty are given to turn in final grades have finally arrived. As usual with such projects, many arbitrary decisions were made to somewhat equitably operationalize all the responses received. All responses were translated into the common metric of hours including evenings and weekends. How faculty used the time for sleeping, eating and other things was not determined. Most of the times included a weekend but some of the shortest do not. If not otherwise specified, I assumed that finals ended at 4:00 pm on the day specified. Although it was possible for some faculty to get a head start if their finals ended before the last day, I was only interested in the time given from the end of the last final to the deadline for grades.
Among our most rushed colleagues were Ken Steele and Joan Warmbold (she did take the cake but will have to split it with Ken) with less than two days (44 hours) from last final to grade deadline. Those with the most leisurely pace were Marie Helweg-Larsen (if it is true that her last final was on a Sunday) with 384 hours (she didn't have to turn hers in until TODAY) and Joe Horton with 313 hours (also due today). The sample size was 20. The mean number of hours was 112. The median was 93.13. The distribution was bimodal at 42 and 72. The standard deviation was 85.77 and the range was 340. Thank you all for your participation in my survey. The complete results are posted at: http://acadweb.jbu.edu/psychology/gradingtime.xls. You can see your results in alphabetical order or ordered by time. You can also see your percentile rank. Enjoy! Rick Dr. Rick Froman Professor of Psychology John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 (479) 524-7295 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
