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Ranking (average marks of) students

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  • Kai Pastor

    (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

  • Thorsten Schank

    (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

  • Klaus Wälde

    (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Abstract

We discuss the principles behind the distribution of average marks of students. These principles need to be taken into account when computing the percentile of (an average mark of) a student. An informative percentile is obtained only if the average mark is compared to a distribution of averages of marks where the averages have been computed for the same number of credit points the student has obtained. We provide an empirical example from a university in Germany which shows that percentile information can differ considerably when based on different samples.

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  • Kai Pastor & Thorsten Schank & Klaus Wälde, 2019. "Ranking (average marks of) students," Working Papers 1907, Gutenberg School of Management and Economics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
    • Handle: RePEc:jgu:wpaper:1907
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