Physics 322:
Elementary Modern Physics

Spring Semester 2009

MidTerm Exam #1 Results

(Here is the MidTerm Exam #1 Solution Key)

Of the 11 people that took the first Midterm Exam, the average score was 67.5 out of 100 and the standard deviation was 17.3. Scores ranged from 39 to 94. Plots of the histogram of the scores and the Percentile versus score grade are shown below:

The averages on each problem are listed below:

Problem

Possible Points

Average

Std. Dev.

Max

Min

Attempts

1a 6 4.67 1.37 6 3 12
1b 7 4.58 2.35 7 0 12
1c 7 4.09 1.14 7 3 12
2a 10 9.00 1.33 10 7 10
2b 10 6.00 2.83 10 1 10
3a 10 7.08 3.12 10 0 12
3b 10 6.27 2.20 10 5 11
4a 8 6.25 1.66 8 4 12
4b 6 5.21 1.20 6 3 12
4c 6 3.27 1.62 5 0 11
5 20 15.30 6.93 20 0 10
Extra Credit 5 2.56 2.01 5 0 9
TOTAL 100 67.46 17.28 94 39 12