Automatic Generation of Exams in R

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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Main Authors: Bettina Grün, Achim Zeileis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation for Open Access Statistics 2009-02-01
Series:Journal of Statistical Software
Online Access:http://www.jstatsoft.org/v29/i10/paper
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spelling doaj-976b9f7cb29a46bd865cd47d852e2d152020-11-24T22:16:43ZengFoundation for Open Access StatisticsJournal of Statistical Software1548-76602009-02-012910Automatic Generation of Exams in RBettina GrünAchim ZeileisPackage 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.http://www.jstatsoft.org/v29/i10/paper
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description 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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