Compute This B
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Re: Compute This B
I've always interpreted this event as a "Find the data and interpret in an organized way" rather than "Make a graph look pretty." If SO wants you to make pretty graphs and that's what gets the most points, well, they make the rules. But I think that finding the data should be the most important part of this event by far.
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Re: Compute This B
Having good quality graph is actually pretty important. Here are some scores:zyzzyva98 wrote:I've always interpreted this event as a "Find the data and interpret in an organized way" rather than "Make a graph look pretty." If SO wants you to make pretty graphs and that's what gets the most points, well, they make the rules. But I think that finding the data should be the most important part of this event by far.
Info.- Accurate, Graph-Good=100 pts.
Info.- Accurate, Graph-Fair=90 pts.
Info.-Accurate, Graph-Bad=70 pts.
Info.-Accurate, Graph-Absent=0 pts.
Info.-Fair, Graph-Good=80 pts.
Info.-Bad, Graph-Good=40 pts.
Info.-Fair, Graph-Fair=80 pts.
Info.-Fair, Graph-Bad=70 pts.
Info.-Bad, Graph-Fair=50 pts.
Info.-Bad, Graph-Bad=40 pts.
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Re: Compute This B
OS wait are you OK with making up data so long as it what we think the real numbers would be likezyzzyva98 wrote: Do the best with what you can find. Maybe the numbers aren't exact, but you can at least put something related in.
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Re: Compute This B
Yes, if I would end up wasting too much time to find the data or it's extraordinarily difficult to find the data.
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in the time it would take you to make up all the data, you could refine your search terms and go through around 10 pages, depending on the speed of the computers. So why not do that instead?
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What did you all think of the Compute This test? I found 4 of the 5 short answer questions and half of the graph. Labeled the axis and chart, and still ended up at 25th place
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The graph was fairly easy in my opinion, and we got that out of the way pretty early. We got 3 and 1/2 of the short answer questions. We also labeled the axis, chart, etc. I got 24th place XDtornado guy wrote:What did you all think of the Compute This test? I found 4 of the 5 short answer questions and half of the graph. Labeled the axis and chart, and still ended up at 25th place
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Haha good job The data for the graph must of been worth a bunch of points.starshine wrote:The graph was fairly easy in my opinion, and we got that out of the way pretty early. We got 3 and 1/2 of the short answer questions. We also labeled the axis, chart, etc. I got 24th place XDtornado guy wrote:What did you all think of the Compute This test? I found 4 of the 5 short answer questions and half of the graph. Labeled the axis and chart, and still ended up at 25th place
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Haha just one place above you XD I wish we could get the event back though, just to see what we got wrong. My partner and I thought we might do just a tad better than 24th. Oh, and good job to you tootornado guy wrote:Haha good job The data for the graph must of been worth a bunch of points.starshine wrote:The graph was fairly easy in my opinion, and we got that out of the way pretty early. We got 3 and 1/2 of the short answer questions. We also labeled the axis, chart, etc. I got 24th place XDtornado guy wrote:What did you all think of the Compute This test? I found 4 of the 5 short answer questions and half of the graph. Labeled the axis and chart, and still ended up at 25th place
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What was the graph topic?
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