Black Marauder
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SPPf's 6th Annual Pokemon Exam
Winner: Niihyl. Congratulations!
We started off with a massive 72 users! These 72 users were then narrowed down to 32, then to 15, then to 10 and then to 5. The following 5 users took part in the final examination:
Ellie
Lishus13
@lex
Toge Tamer
Niihyl
-Here are the ROUND 4 EXAM RESULTS: http://www.scribd.com/doc/58864044/Round-4-Results
-Here is a copy of the ROUND 4 EXAM: http://www.scribd.com/doc/58863492/Round-4-Final-Exam
The grading process:
-A preliminary marking of all exam answers was done
-Markscheme was adjusted based on preliminary marking
-Re-marking was carried out to get final scores
-Scores from previous rounds were converted to 1 pt (so a total of 4 pts)
-Time bonuses were not awarded. If I did award a bonus, Niihyl would have gotten this bonus (+1) and thus would have won anyway. Niihyl completed the final exam in under 15 minutes, whereas everyone else took over 25 minutes.
The Top 5 Rankings!
1st. Niihyl - congrats! You have a knack for solving puzzles in a timely fashion.
2nd. @lex - you barely missed it. You've maintained an excellent performance two years in a row.
3rd. Ellie - you started off relatively low but then moved your way up. I guess you ultimately stumbled in the final exam.
4th. Lishus13 - you were heading to win again, but you also stumbled in the final round. The final exam was relatively easy but there was ample room to make silly mistakes.
5th. Toge Tamer - to me you sort of came out of nowhere and did well. You always completed every exam first and I guess your hard work and dedication paid off! Had you not made a few errors in the final exam, you would have won this.
To everyone who participated, thank you very much for participating in this competition!
Discuss the results and what you thought about the competition. Here are my thoughts:
-This is the first year we've had a 100% return in the number of users who actually took the exam. 72 users signed up and 72 users took the preliminary round exam! Good job guys
-Some exams were not as effective at separating the best candidates from the less able candidates. The margin of elimination (0.5 pt) in the preliminary round was too small, I think. I'm going to have to work on this on the next exam (provided that I end up doing one).
-The most difficult round was Round 1. Candidates were pressed for time and had to answer difficult questions using very little information. I purposely set a difficult test in order to allow persons who really wanted to take part in this competition to have a chance at making it to Round 2. Round 1 was also the round with the worst performance.
-The easiest round was the preliminary round. The round with the best performance was the final round. This was expected.
-Because the final round had the best performance, the grades the users obtained were very close. The winner of the entire competition was thus aptly determined by performance in earlier rounds.
-There was a high chance of having a repeat winner (either Ellie or Lishus13) but this was barely prevented from happening.
-The most consistent user was Dramatic Melody. I thought that this user would have cruised through to the final 5, but this was a competition where every effort and every point mattered in who moved on or got eliminated.
-This was the first year where the exams were timed. Time added an extra challenge and so, to me, it was fair to award bonus points for best times. Faster times positively correlate with your ability to answer questions using your own knowledge or using the best resources. I strongly believe that if these exams were not so strict with time the final results would have been different.
Winner: Niihyl. Congratulations!
We started off with a massive 72 users! These 72 users were then narrowed down to 32, then to 15, then to 10 and then to 5. The following 5 users took part in the final examination:
Ellie
Lishus13
@lex
Toge Tamer
Niihyl
-Here are the ROUND 4 EXAM RESULTS: http://www.scribd.com/doc/58864044/Round-4-Results
-Here is a copy of the ROUND 4 EXAM: http://www.scribd.com/doc/58863492/Round-4-Final-Exam
The grading process:
-A preliminary marking of all exam answers was done
-Markscheme was adjusted based on preliminary marking
-Re-marking was carried out to get final scores
-Scores from previous rounds were converted to 1 pt (so a total of 4 pts)
-Time bonuses were not awarded. If I did award a bonus, Niihyl would have gotten this bonus (+1) and thus would have won anyway. Niihyl completed the final exam in under 15 minutes, whereas everyone else took over 25 minutes.
The Top 5 Rankings!
1st. Niihyl - congrats! You have a knack for solving puzzles in a timely fashion.
2nd. @lex - you barely missed it. You've maintained an excellent performance two years in a row.
3rd. Ellie - you started off relatively low but then moved your way up. I guess you ultimately stumbled in the final exam.
4th. Lishus13 - you were heading to win again, but you also stumbled in the final round. The final exam was relatively easy but there was ample room to make silly mistakes.
5th. Toge Tamer - to me you sort of came out of nowhere and did well. You always completed every exam first and I guess your hard work and dedication paid off! Had you not made a few errors in the final exam, you would have won this.
To everyone who participated, thank you very much for participating in this competition!
Discuss the results and what you thought about the competition. Here are my thoughts:
-This is the first year we've had a 100% return in the number of users who actually took the exam. 72 users signed up and 72 users took the preliminary round exam! Good job guys
-Some exams were not as effective at separating the best candidates from the less able candidates. The margin of elimination (0.5 pt) in the preliminary round was too small, I think. I'm going to have to work on this on the next exam (provided that I end up doing one).
-The most difficult round was Round 1. Candidates were pressed for time and had to answer difficult questions using very little information. I purposely set a difficult test in order to allow persons who really wanted to take part in this competition to have a chance at making it to Round 2. Round 1 was also the round with the worst performance.
-The easiest round was the preliminary round. The round with the best performance was the final round. This was expected.
-Because the final round had the best performance, the grades the users obtained were very close. The winner of the entire competition was thus aptly determined by performance in earlier rounds.
-There was a high chance of having a repeat winner (either Ellie or Lishus13) but this was barely prevented from happening.
-The most consistent user was Dramatic Melody. I thought that this user would have cruised through to the final 5, but this was a competition where every effort and every point mattered in who moved on or got eliminated.
-This was the first year where the exams were timed. Time added an extra challenge and so, to me, it was fair to award bonus points for best times. Faster times positively correlate with your ability to answer questions using your own knowledge or using the best resources. I strongly believe that if these exams were not so strict with time the final results would have been different.
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