Hypotheses... Again!
I had an 'Organization Behaviour' quiz today. It had fifty objective questions. Last night, As I was going through the huge amount of suggested readings, the importance of the guy who'd sit next to me just occured to me.
It basically consisted of two possibilities
1. I sit with a bright student... Copy, good marks, well done!
2. But the second possibility, having to sit with a 'not-so-bright' student(NSB) was quite disturbing!
I planned hard and came up with some kind of a strategy. The quiz was supposed to consist of True/False type Q's. Given the fact that the guy sitting alongside me being an NSB, it wouldn't have made conventional sense to copy from him but...
Giving it a thought, I found out that this NSB guy, like all NSB guys had a high probability of failing, and here-in lay my opportunity!
Considering that if I just reversed his answer (NSB-False => Me-True and vice-versa), my probabilty of passing would be equal to NSB's failing. Almost inevitable. Period. And If I managed a seat with a Not-at-all-bright, it would be a bonanza as I could then expect really good marks.
But unlike many others, I believe in the common-good. In such a case, I would then let the NSB/NAAB to copy from me, as it would then mean that both of us end up having good marks!
Working backwards,
1. It is easily seen that one never needs to study for True/False kind of tests!
2. If one can't manage a seat with a bright-one, a seat with a not-so-bright one is equally good!
It basically consisted of two possibilities
1. I sit with a bright student... Copy, good marks, well done!
2. But the second possibility, having to sit with a 'not-so-bright' student(NSB) was quite disturbing!
I planned hard and came up with some kind of a strategy. The quiz was supposed to consist of True/False type Q's. Given the fact that the guy sitting alongside me being an NSB, it wouldn't have made conventional sense to copy from him but...
Giving it a thought, I found out that this NSB guy, like all NSB guys had a high probability of failing, and here-in lay my opportunity!
Considering that if I just reversed his answer (NSB-False => Me-True and vice-versa), my probabilty of passing would be equal to NSB's failing. Almost inevitable. Period. And If I managed a seat with a Not-at-all-bright, it would be a bonanza as I could then expect really good marks.
But unlike many others, I believe in the common-good. In such a case, I would then let the NSB/NAAB to copy from me, as it would then mean that both of us end up having good marks!
Working backwards,
1. It is easily seen that one never needs to study for True/False kind of tests!
2. If one can't manage a seat with a bright-one, a seat with a not-so-bright one is equally good!
sic...
posted by Ankur Pruthi at Tuesday, July 26, 2005
5 Comments:
Really bright : 45/50
Just Bright : 40/50
Not so Bright : 35/50
you : 15/50 (50-35)
Really good to be with a NSB ?
Hah! Interesting theory. Good read.
However, would work only with true-false quizzes/exams. If sit with a RB student, you can be 100% sure of the correct answer. If you sit next to an NSB, you can only be 33% sure of the correct answer (assuming there are the standard four choices per question).
@indiagenie: dood, I'm being politically correct when I say NSB, guess you'd be smart enough to know what that actually means!
And by that definition, rest assured, that NSB's won't be scoring 35's!!!
(unless there are chits flying around :D)
@Amit: hehe, Exactly, what I did to you in the last 4 semester's...
@Karan: Given the frequency of MCQ quizzes that we are having, won't be long before someone comes up with some useful theory!
BTW, I thought that seniors should have figured this out long before?
do you picture yourself as a NSB or as a bright guy? In both cases you can make use of your own answers.....
@Mural: Mural, you can never stop being one smart Alec ;-)
BTW, I picture myself as being Really Bright but others picture me as NSB...
So, what do I do now?
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