Interesting APSC 160 Midterm Stats That No One Wants to Know

Invigilating a midterm exam is boring, one fo the thing I need to do is to count the number of students that are present at the exam.

Of course, that’s still boring, so I counted other things as well.

Here are some of the statistics I’ve found with a sample size of 100 students.

• 23% regularly wrote with their exam paper slanted (more than 30 degrees)

• 40% wears glasses

  Interestingly, Central Bureau of Statistics of Netherlands reports that 61% of population wears glasses or contacts, and 41% of population with age between 20 and 30 wears glasses. The number is around 32% for age between 16 and 20.

  

• 11% wrote the exam with pen

• 27% (Surprisingly low) brought a water bottle

• 13% are left handed

  According to Hardyck et al. in their 1977 findings, about 10% of the population is left handed.

  It is also been said that a higher ratio of left-handed people to right-handed people is found in more intelligent, talented, and over-achieving groups of people.

  This make sense with our 13% because people who are intelligent are extremely likely to choose post-secondary eduction. Furthermore, they are likely to pursue fields in STEM.

• 12% wore watches

• 5% wore hats

• 10% wore red shirt/hoodies

  This seems to be the dominant color besides black, white, or shades in between. Could this be because of the engineering colors of UBC?

• 30% were still writing when there was less than 1 minute left

I was bored. The data was gathered out of boredom. This post is written out of boredom.