Hi,
the Edit Datasets page is so confusing (as really stated in moodle docs), I do not know why it looks like a complicated page (for the teacher) !!
I have a calculated question that simply multiplies {b} by 10, please try to asnwer the questions in the attached two images below :
the second image is :
thank you so much in advance for you help.
The Correct answer is calculated from the formula i.e. 55*10 = 550 which is the true value after conversion using the settings of significant figures.
As I can deduced 550 is 5.5*102 which has been rounded to 1 digit i.e. 6 *102 and expressed as the Correct answer 600 that will be shown to the student once he answered the question.
However all the calculations and grading will be done with the true value i.e 550 +- 0.01 relative i.e. +-5.5 so you should get Min 545.5 Max 555.5.
However when PHP (or C) handle real numbers, they do not handle them perfectly as with integer.
There is a precision limit and this precision limit has been added to the grading limit so that the student always receive the best grade.
Here the precision limits seems to be 1 *10-11 giving the Min 544.499999999 and 555.50000000001
So edit your question and change your settings for Correct answer so that a sufficient number of figures are displayed in relation to your Tolerance settings.
In 2.0 these settings for Tolerance and Correct answer will be available in the page (Edit the datasets) to help solve those problems.
Pierre
I'm sorry Mr. Pierre, but your answer was unclear
my question was WHY 55 *10 <> 550 ? you have written something weird : 5.5 * 102
what if the teacher wants to put the same numbers in the quiz (55 * 10), what should he do in order to get 550 not 600 ??
the tolerance for the above example was relative and is ZERO !! and the significant figures (which I can't understand its function up to this mement although I read the unclear moodle docs about it) was set to show 1 significant figures in correct answer !!
so, I'm totally lost with this type of [ COMPLICATED ] questions ....
At first sight tolerance 0 relative seems to default to 0.01 relative i.e. 1%.
In the mean time use your electronic calculator to multiply
1 000 000 000 * 1 000 000 000 *1 000 000 000 i.e (1*109)3 , you should have 1.0000*1027 as result.
Pierre
P.S. which moodle version do you use ?
P.S. Once I have finished reviewing the new code for Moodle 2,0, improving the docs is next on my todo list.
moodle 1.9.4 ...
thank you for your efforts
Could you be more precise about this sentence.
the main purpose of this third calculated question edit page is to generate the numerical values sets that will be used in the calculated question submitted to the students.
These numerical values are generated in an interval that the teacher can set.
The moodle code verifies that the correct response is inside the limits of the formulas results and display an error message if necessary.
The teacher should generate at least one dataset and up to 100 datasets.
Pierre
P.S. In 2.0 there will be an additional simplified version of calculated question.
Hi guys.
I've been using Moodle 1.9.10 and I've worked a lot with calculated quiz questions. The edit Datasets page has been a difficult one, but I know appreciate those two lines of information Murad mentioned.
As I understand it, the first line shows the range of values (max and min)Moodle will accept as correct, based on the tolerance value set on the first page of the question.
The second line shows the effect of the significant figure (SF)/decimal places (DP) setting (1st editing page). E.g. 550 = 600 if rounded to 1 SF. I usually set this to 2 DP or 3 SF.
This is why the 2nd example has given back an error - the rounded figure is now outside the limits of the maximum and minimum.
Hope you find this helpful.
Thanks for your comments.
It will be interesting if you can put them in the calculated questiontype moodle docs as they came from a real user and not from this feature designer.
Pierre
P.S. This does not release me of improving the docs which unfortunately as a lower prority than improving the code...