Question

The final score in a Statistics course is determined by a score from 0 to 100 which has 3 components: problem sets of 25%, 10 quizzes that together contribute 25% and the final exam that contributes 50%. There are 120 points for the problem set, 100 points for all the quizzes and 100 for the final exam. As a student in the course, you got 75 points from the problem set, total of 78 points from the quizzes and 85 points from the final exam. Compute final score for the course.

Answer 1

Solution:

Points obtained from problem set = 75

Contribution of problem sets in final score = 25%

Points obtained from quizzes = 78

Contribution of quizzes in final score = 25%

Points obtained in final exam = 85

Contribution of final exam in final score = 50%

Hence, final score of the course is,

Hence, final score of the course is 80.75.