Once the set of exams have been given and graded, it is necessary to merge them and issue student grades. In the physics department, we tend to use the code GMERGE (click here to download the zipped pc executable file) for this. The general use of the code is to enter GMERGE followed by a menu name. If the menu name is omitted, GMERGE requests it.
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>GMERGE GS
ARG =
GS
C1 C2
C3 WT,0 WT,,1
1 RESULTS GO
IN FILE gs
gra A
2 INPUT
GRADE FILE gs1
GRA A ISC = 0 +
1 TIMES SCORE+.5
3 INPUT
GRADE FILE GS1MU
GRA A ISC = 0 +
1 TIMES SCORE+.5
4 INPUT
GRADE FILE GS2
GRA A ISC = 0 +
1 TIMES SCORE+.5
5 INPUT
GRADE FILE GSMU
GRA A ISC = 0 +
1 TIMES SCORE+.5
6 INPUT
GRADE FILE GS3
GRA A ISC = 0 +
1 TIMES SCORE+.5
7 INPUT
GRADE FILE -------- GRA A ISC
= 0 + 1 TIMES SCORE+.5
8 SORT
RESULTS BY SECTIONS NO
9 USE
DEFAULT
GRADES YES
11 SHOULD BE
0 TO INCLUDE ALL SCORES IN GRADE
1 TO DROP LOWEST SCORE
2 TO DROP LOWEST SCORE EXCLUDING LAST
3 TO DROP LOWEST SCORE EXCLUDING LAST 2
4-MUTALG,5-DETERG,6-IPSEG
11
0
ENTER THE
LINE NUMBER,CHANGE,CHANGE, TO CHANGE A LINE
ENTER LINE
NUMBER, WT, A, B, TO CHANGE THE WTS
ENTER
(CARRIAGE RETURN <CR> TO MERGE AND GRADE OR S TO STOP
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To change the breakpoints for the default grades, change the menu option 9 to NO, then make the numbers on line 10 correspond to the desired breakpoints in the histogram shown below (in the beginning of the output.gra file (GS.GRA here)).
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Most of the menu is self
expanatory above. The exception is the make-up exams. If a student
does not take an exam, in general he is given -9999 rather than 0. The
exception is when the following exam name is *MU.GRA. In this case he is
given a zero so that in effect he gets the grade on the make up. The
output in GS.GRA is
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FOLLOWING PEOPLE MERGED
0
573619498QUINN RC
-9999 0-9999 0 8
0
573619498QUINN RC
12 0 11 0-9999
FOLLOWING PEOPLE MERGED
0 592625463SOLOMON
13 0-9999 0-9999
0 592625463SOLOMON
A -9999 0 17
0 11
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THERE ARE 378 POTENTIALLY DISTINCT STUDENTS HERE
THE AVE OF THE 297 STUDENTS WHO HAD POS FINAL GRADES, IS
37.12121
THE HISTOGRAM INCLUDES THESE ONLY
10
20
30
NUMBER SCORE . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 .
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0 1 :
0 2 :
0 3 :
0 4 :
0 5 :
0 6 :
0 7 :
0 8 :
0 9 :
0 10 :
0 11 :
0 12 :
0 13 :
0 14 :
0 15 :
0 16 :
0 17 :
0 18 :
2 19 :*****
2 20 :*****
2 21 :*****
4 22 :***********
3 23 :********
3 24 :********
9 25 :**************************
8 26 :***********************
9 27 :**************************
6 28 :*****************
10 29 :*****************************
8 30 :***********************
18 31 :*****************************************************
13 32 :**************************************
15 33
:********************************************
7 34 :********************
16 35
:***********************************************
12 36 :***********************************
11 37 :********************************
21 38
:**************************************************************
12 39 :***********************************
5 40 :**************
14 41 :*****************************************
10 42 :*****************************
5 43 :**************
8 44 :***********************
9 45 :**************************
6 46 :*****************
7 47 :********************
5 48 :**************
12 49 :***********************************
5 50 :**************
3 51 :********
2 52 :*****
4 53 :***********
4 54 :***********
4 55 :***********
1 56 :**
0 57 :
1 58 :**
0 59 :
0 60 :
0 61 :
1 62 :**
SCORES LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 23 RECEIVED E
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 24 UP TO AND INCLUDING 26
RECEIVED D
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 27 UP TO AND INCLUDING 29
RECEIVED D+
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 30 UP TO AND INCLUDING 32
RECEIVED C
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 33 UP TO AND INCLUDING 34
RECEIVED C+
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 35 UP TO AND INCLUDING 37
RECEIVED B
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 38 UP TO AND INCLUDING 42
RECEIVED B+
SCORES BEGINNING WITH 43 UP TO AND INCLUDING 62
RECEIVED A
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0 631545762 ABRACADABRA AA
11 0 0 18 12
**** 41 B+
0 557788383 BROWN
BB 13 0 12
0 11 **** 36 B
0 594628243 BUSH
CC 7 0 **** 0 ****
**** **** I
0 997999887 CHANG
DD 0 10
5 0 **** **** **** X
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