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> The point is that a grade is an ordinal quantity In principle I agree, but grade inflation preserves the order so why should we care about grade inflation if
by bnegreve 11y ago
> The point is that a grade is an ordinal quantity
In principle I agree, but grade inflation preserves the order so why should we care about grade inflation if grades are only about order? I think the plot and the rest of the article goes beyond that.
Also an histogram is a poor representation choice for ordinal data.
- bryondowd 11y agoGrade inflation doesn't preserve order between the inflated and non-inflated grades, which I think is the point. An inflated low A might actually be lower than an original high B, but gets the shiny A that looks better on paper.