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Dear Paul Thanks -- another list member already pointed me to that -- just what I needed. Much appreciated. Regards Gabriel On 1/20/2014 12:31 PM, Paul Newman wrote:> Hi Gabriel, > > There's a simple example and walkthrough of the WebPA scoring algorithm on the project website here: > > http://webpa.ac.uk/?q=node/126 > > It should give you the information you need. > > -- > Paul Newman > > > ________________________________________ > From: WebPA [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Gabriel Egan [[log in to unmask]] > Subject: Maths of WebPA > > Dear WebPA people > > I've been reading with interest the various materials > available online about WebPA. The one thing I couldn't > find was the exact formula or algorithm that WebPA uses > to turn the tables of scores it gets from a group > of students into a peer-assessment score for each > student. I totally get how the system operates, what > the tutor does and what the students do. It's the exact > processing of the numbers--the maths underneath it all > -- that I'm trying to discover. > > Can anyone tell me? > > -- ________________________________________________________________________ Professor Gabriel Egan, De Montfort University. www.gabrielegan.com Most recent book: The Struggle for Shakespeare's Text (Cambridge UP) http://cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521889179