"J. Williams" wrote:
> An oral qualifying examination would certainly test the students'
> abilities to perform under stress. How about giving them the data
> sets beforehand and enable them to prepare for any and all queries
> from the student's doctoral committee members and/or other designated
> questioners? Rather than having the questions come out of the blue,
> they would be able to assemble notes, ideas, and a construct for
> solving a research problem using the methods learned in the classes.
Your comment and another sent privately made me appreciate that my
problem was not really that the exam was "oral" but that it was both
oral and "cold". I think an oral exam based on an analysis
performed immediately beforehand could be an effective measure of a
student's skills.
Thanks!
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