PSU Final Exams
Schedule Research
For the Term 122- Academic Year ’12 - ‘13
Adeel Umer
5/12/2013
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PSU Term 122 final exams: 13 days, 125 exams and 4788 examinees.
Intro
On 21-April-2013, the Prince Sultan University (PSU) admin updated on their website,
the latest version of the Final Exams schedule for the semester 122 of the academic year
2012-2013. I looked it up in search for the exam date for my only course Com 301. I
noticed that there was a hidden column on the sheet that showed the number of
students sitting for each exam. The person who uploaded the schedule, had just hidden
the “number of students” column instead of deleting it. So, with many numbers at hand
I went about doing a simple analysis on the schedule to find out a few interesting facts.
The Purpose
The real purpose of this research that I have conducted is because I had data which can
be used to draw some interesting conclusions. However, I must state that the data used
in this report comes only from the Exam Schedule published on the website. Therefore,
as I might have already understood, the data is not reliable. I have used no other source
for this research. I must also state that the estimations in this report are my own and
henceforth, may be very far away from real.
The Basics
To begin with, I am going to state the most basic facts that were evident from the first
look. The Final exams would start from 19th May 2013 and would end on 2nd June 2013.
A total of 125 exams would take place over a period of 13 days, with a total of 4788
examinees taking part.
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An unrealistic stat shows that on Average there will be about 39 students per course.
The reason for this is the large outlying data. While some courses, namely MATH002 will
see up to 191 students, other courses such as IS336 is expected to have only 1 student
and the number for MATH001 is simply blank, which is highly unlikely.
The Timings
On the whole, 53 exams, involving 2379 examinees, will be held in the morning hours
before 12pm, making up nearly 49.7%. While another 50.3%, 2409 examinees, will
appear for the 72 exams set to be held after 1pm. This shows a very well balanced
schedule in terms of the timing!
Exam Timings - PSU Final Exams, Term 122
Morning
50.3%
49.7%
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Afternoon
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The Big Ones
After some detailed research, I had enough info to come up with some big numbers.
However, I must reemphasize that my numbers are only estimates that may be far away
from the real number, as my source is not very reliable.
By putting everything together, I came up with an estimate that puts the total number
of students in PSU at a number close to 3000. Assuming that, I can estimate that 29% of
the student in PSU are enrolled in PYP(Preparatory Year Program), while another 28%
took the General courses. As per Colleges, College of Business Administration (CBA) is
the largest college in PSU with approximately 20% of the students, followed by College
of Computer & Information Sciences (CCIS) with 10% students. The remaining students
are from Computer Science and Engineering.
Students, PSU Courses - Term 122
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
PYP
4
General
Courses
CBA
CCIS
English
Engineering
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Students,
PSU Colleges
Term 122
English
10%
Engineering
3%
PYP
29%
CCIS
10%
CBA
20%
General Courses
28%
The Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be asserted that the findings of this research are very much in line
with the general perceptions. It is widely known that CBA is the biggest college in PSU
and that PSU is growing with many new students enrolling in PYP each year. It was
therefore, no surprise to see similar results in my research. However, as I have previously
emphasized, the source is not very reliable so the research may be of no real use to
anyone.
by Adeel Umer
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