Automatic Generation of Exams in R
Package exams provides a framework for automatic generation of standardized statistical exams which is especially useful for large-scale exams. To employ the tools, users just need to supply a pool of exercises and a master file controlling the layout of the final PDF document. The exercises are spe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Foundation for Open Access Statistics
2009-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Statistical Software |
| Online Access: | http://www.jstatsoft.org/v29/i10/paper |
| Summary: | Package exams provides a framework for automatic generation of standardized statistical exams which is especially useful for large-scale exams. To employ the tools, users just need to supply a pool of exercises and a master file controlling the layout of the final PDF document. The exercises are specified in separate Sweave files (containing R code for data generation and LaTeX code for problem and solution description) and the master file is a LaTeX document with some additional control commands. This paper gives an overview of the main design aims and principles as well as strategies for adaptation and extension. Hands-on illustrations---based on example exercises and control files provided in the package---are presented to get new users started easily. |
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| ISSN: | 1548-7660 |