[LON-CAPA-users] Random sequence of questions

[Lars Jensen]

Hi John,

Take a look at this problem - it gives you one way of doing it. With 
minor modifications, it does most if not all of what you need.

Lars.

<problem>
<script type="loncapa/perl">
$a = &random(4,20,1);
@month31 = ("January", "March", "May", "July", "August", "October", 
"December");
@month30 = ("April", "June", "September", "November");
@week = ("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", 
"Saturday", "Sunday");
$tag1 = &random(0,6,1);
$tag2 = &random(0,3,1);
$tag3 = &random(0,6,1);
@quest = ("What is the probability that two people have a birthday in 
$month31[$tag1]?",
  	  "What is the probability that two people born in $month30[$tag2] 
have a birthday in the first half of the month?",
	  "What is the probability that two people have a birthday on the same 
day of the same month?",
	  "What is the probability that two people have a birthday on the 
${a}'th of any month?",
	  "What is the probability that two people were born on a $week[$tag3]?");
@ans = ((31/365)**2, (15/30)**2, (1/365), (12/365)**2, (1/7)**2);

$seed = &random(1,1000000,10);
@squest = &random_permutation($seed,@quest);
@sans = &random_permutation($seed,@ans);
</script>
<startouttext />Consider two people being randomly selected.  (For 
simplicity, ignore leap years.)
<br />
<br />
<part id="13">
(a) $squest[0] <br />
answer:
<endouttext />
<formularesponse samples="x@1" answer="$sans[0]" id="11">
     <responseparam name="tol" default=".0003" type="tolerance" 
description="Numerical Tolerance" />
     <textline size="10" />
</formularesponse></part>
<startouttext />
<br />
<br />
<part id="14">
(b)$squest[1] <br />
answer:
<endouttext /><formularesponse samples="x@1" answer="$sans[1]" id="12">
     <responseparam name="tol" default=".0003" type="tolerance" 
description="Numerical Tolerance" />
     <textline size="10" />
</formularesponse></part>
</problem>


John Merrill wrote:
> Wow. Mighty silent! I was really looking forward to some useful advice 
> here. I hope it isn't as hopeless as this would lead one to believe.
> John
> 
> *** merrill3@msu.edu ***
> John Merrill, Director
> Biological Sciences Program
> 100 North Kedzie Lab
> Michigan State University
> East Lansing MI 48824  USA
> *** www.biosci.msu.edu ***
> On Jan 6, 2007, at 1:40 PM, lucasm@ohiou.edu wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know this has been bandied about a number of times. I also know the 
>> current "best practice" shifts from release to release sometimes 8)
>>
>> What's the best way to do the following things?
>>
>> * I have 10 questions - I want a student to get 5 of them.
>>
>> * I have 10 questions - I want a student to get 5 of them in random 
>> order.
>>
>> * I have 10 questions - I want a student to get all 10 but in random 
>> order.
>>
>> By the way, are the "practice" style questions in place and what are 
>> the nuances of their use?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Mark
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>>
>> Mark Lucas                    email: lucasm@ohiou.edu
>> 252D Clippinger Lab                  phone: (740)597-2984
>> Department of Physics and Astronomy             fax:   (740)593-0433
>> Ohio University
>> Athens, OH 45701
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