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THE extremely interesting article, by Prof. Lloyd Morgan (vol. li. pp. 617–619), on the graphic representation of the marks given in an examination, and of their great use to an examiner, leads me to ask whether even this method may not be developed further with advantage to all concerned, for, as Lloyd Morgan says—“If, after an extensive set of papers has been looked over and carefully marked, an interval of time be allowed to elapse, and then the papers are gone over again, the result of this reexamination is that the head and tail remain practically unchanged, but that there is not a little redistribution among the mediocrities.” In other words, the personal equation of the examiner varies, showing itself mostly in the middle of the curve.
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COLLINS, F. The Examination Curve. Nature 52, 30 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052030c0
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