Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Physics 271 - Fall 2009

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Announcements (November 11, 2009)

the results of the Exam 2 are posted in Gradebook. 

108 people took the exam, average number of questions answered correctly 
was 10.3 out of 15 (69%) with standard deviaton of 2.5. 
(problem number 16 had a typo in the correct answer and is therefore discarded)


here's the distribution:

1 col: # of questions answered correctly
2 col: # of people who got this # of questions correctly
3 col: # of people who got this or larger number of questions correctly
4 col: graphic representation of col 2.

   0.0   0    0 +
   1.0   1    1 +*
   2.0   0    1 +
   3.0   0    1 +
   4.0   0    1 +
   5.0   1    2 +*
   6.0   6    8 +******
   7.0   5   13 +*****
   8.0  10   23 +**********
   9.0  13   36 +*************
  10.0  20   56 +********************
  11.0  17   73 +*****************
  12.0  13   86 +*************
  13.0   9   95 +*********
  14.0  12  107 +************
  15.0   1  108 +*

October 30, 2009

Solutions to Exam I and practice Exam II are posted

Announcements (October 22, 2009)

the results of the Exam 1 are posted in Gradebook. 

112 people took the exam, average number of questions answered correctly was 10.4 out of 16 (65%)
with standard deviaton of 3.1.


here's the distribution:

1 col: # of questions answered correctly
2 col: # of people who got this # of questions correctly
3 col: # of people who got this or larger number of questions correctly
4 col: graphic representation of col 2.

   0.0   0    0 +
   1.0   1    1 +*
   2.0   0    1 +
   3.0   0    1 +
   4.0   3    4 +***
   5.0   4    8 +****
   6.0   5   13 +*****
   7.0   6   19 +******
   8.0  11   30 +***********
   9.0  13   43 +*************
  10.0  13   56 +*************
  11.0  14   70 +**************
  12.0  11   81 +***********
  13.0  12   93 +************
  14.0   9  102 +*********
  15.0   6  108 +******
  16.0   4  112 +****

Oct. 12, 2009

Practice Exam I is now posted in the "Exam Copies" below. Solutions for recitations quizes are also now posted there.

Sep. 17, 2009

In addition to office hours with instructors, you can arrange to have private tutoring sessions with physics graduate students. For the list of tutors and their fees e-mail Prof. Kalelkar.

Aug. 31, 2009

The first meeting of our class will be the lecture on Wednesday, Sep. 2. Please note that RECITATIONS WILL NOT MEET ON SEP. 3 AND 4.

Aug. 03, 2009

Welcome to 01:750:271 Honors Physics I!

This is the home page for the course:
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/ugrad/271/index.html

You'll need to refer to this page frequently during the term, so bookmark it.

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