The Effect That Weighting of Different Stages of a Degree Course has on Degree Classification

Abstract

The effect that weighting of different stages of a degree course has on degree classification

An investigation is reported on how the degree classifications given to 280 students over a 10-year period would have been changed if the weighting given to various parts of the course were altered. It is found that the percentage overall changes between degree classifications are small, making a difference to about 2 in 100 classifications when the Final Year weight is changed by 10%.