COMPUTER GRADING OF PHYSICS LABORATORY REPORTS / HOWARD E. CARR and HARRY T. WEAVER.

THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICABILITY OF USING A DIGITAL COMPUTER (IBM 1620) TO GRADE PHYSICS LABORATORY REPORTS WAS INVESTIGATED. IN ORDER TO TEST THE VALUE OF USING THE COMPUTER, TWO TYPES OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS WERE WRITTEN FOR EACH OF FOUR EXPERIMENTS. ONE PROGRAM COMPLETELY GRADED THE REPORTS BY ENT...

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Main Authors: Carr, Howard E. (Howard Earl), 1915-
Weaver, Harry T. (Author)
Corporate Author: Auburn University
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1962.
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Physical Description:32 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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