Some numerical questions require your students to specify the correct number of
significant figures in their response in order to receive credit. You can configure
whether
your assignments check significant figures for these questions or treat them like
ordinary
numerical questions; what tolerance to use when significant figures are checked; whether
to
award partial credit for numerically correct responses that do not use the correct
number of
significant figures; and what kind of help to provide students about specifying significant
figures in their responses.
- Prerequisites
- Significant Figure Checking in WebAssign
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Open the Class Settings page.
From My Classes, click Edit Class
Settings.
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In the Class Settings page, click Advanced
Options.
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Select or clear
Mark answer wrong for significant figure errors.
When
Mark answer wrong for significant figure errors is
cleared, no other significant figures options are available.
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Select or clear Show SigFigs icon.
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Select or clear Icon link to SigFigs help page.
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For Tolerance under SigFigs Options, type an integer
between 0 and 9 by which the student's response can differ from the answer key
at the last significant digit and still be considered correct. The default value
is 1.
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For Partial Credit under SigFigs Options, type a number
between 0 and 100 to specify the percentage of the question's point value to
award for numerically correct responses that are specified with too many
significant figures.
No credit is awarded for responses that specify too few significant
figures.
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Click Save.