Package exams provides a framework for automatic generation of standardized statistical exams which is especially useful for large-scale exams. To employ the tools, users just need to supply a pool of exercises and a master file controlling the layout of the final PDF document. The exercises are specified in separate Sweave files (containing R code for data generation and LaTeX code for problem and solution description) and the master file is a LaTeX document with some additional control commands. This paper gives an overview of the main design aims and principles as well as strategies for adaptation and extension. Hands-on illustrations - based on example exercises and control files provided in the package - are presented to get new users started easily.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:5002 |
| Date | 23 February 2009 |
| Creators | Grün, Bettina, Zeileis, Achim |
| Publisher | Foundation for Open Access Statistics |
| Source Sets | Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, PeerReviewed |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Relation | http://www.jstatsoft.org/v29/i10/, http://www.foastat.org/, https://www.jstatsoft.org/about/editorialPolicies#openAccessPolicy, http://epub.wu.ac.at/5002/ |
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