The OP has not come through to my inbox yet, so I reply to this one. :-) Mark, what's the primary focus for the course? Is it technically inclined or towards arts and visual communication? Jostein
Den 29. september 2016 23.02.30 CEST, skrev Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com>: >Igor PDML-StR wrote: > >> >>Those are curious facts, but there are several important questions >>that need to be addessed before any conclusions (or even suggestions) >can >>be made: >>1. What type of class that is and for whom? >>(e.g. an introduction to major for espiring photographers vs. one of >the >>"election" classes for "far-from-major"-s) >> >>2. For most of those numbers his is not a statistically representative > >>case. So, very few clear conclusions can be made (Except that the >class is >>happening, and you've got some studnets who are likely to be >interested in >>photography). With just a dozen of students, the statistical error is >>Sqrt(12) ~= 3.5 So, +/- 3.5 person is your "error bars" for each of >the >>numbers you mentioned. (I.e. 0 +/- 3.5 with mirrorless, 0 +/- 3.5 with > >>4/3rds, 2 +/- 3.5 with P&S, etc.) >> >>And that 3.5 out of 12 is close to 30%. It means that if you were to >teach >>this class again and again, and no other factors would change, >>on average you might expect up to 30% of students with mirrorless and >up >>to 30% - with 4/3rds, and up to 45% with P&S. >>Not that "black and white" anymore, isn't it? > >I never said it was black and white. I'm just putting out a small >sample of what's going on. > >As the course name "Digital Photography II" implies, this is a >second-level course. (I bet you can guess as to what the prerequisite >course might be called.) It's purely elective for all majors. > >What was more telling to me than the cameras being used was that none >of the students had even *heard* of mirrorless cameras. Or the >Four-Thirds system. It will, as you say, be interesting to see how >this plays out over the coming semesters when I get a bigger sample >size. > >As for the percentage who show up with P&S cameras, rather than going >up to 45% it should drop closer 0% after we have the requirement of an >interchangeable lens camera mentioned in the course description in the >catalog currently they don't know until they show up for the first >class and get the syllabus. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
