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Overconfidence in the classroom
Posted by Anonymous
Posted on 11:20 AM
After taking the midterm exam I asked Com 295 students (sections 103 and 104) what grade they were expecting. Here's the histogram for each section:
And these are the actual midterm grades :
So it seems that overconfidence also applies in the classroom. Alternative hypothesis: graders are too tough.
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