Test 2 Q+A
  1. Q: Do we need a claculator inthe exam?
    A: you should not need a calculator
    always indicate what you are attempting to do if you feel you would benefitted from a calculator
  2. Q: what is steady state in Markov?
    A: the vector "v" records the state. When v = M v the state is steady. for small example you can guess the v. (M is the Markov process matrix)
  3. Q: grade calculator for class.
    A: As announced, cap4770 uses relative grading.
    I sort by points and split into buckets where the big jumps in performance are.
    There will be the (amazingly normal-distributed) usual undergrad course mean and variance in grades.