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....I find that the source of the students reliance seems to be the
chemistry courses here. They are taught to calculate this every time, and
to my horror, are graded on their "percent error"; i.e. 1%=A, 2%=B, etc.
Mike Monce
Connecticut College
I'm not certain of the origin of your "horror", but the grade is designed to
reflect the accuracy with which the analysis is performed in a course which is
designed to teach quantitative methods.
...
:-) Frank M. Lanzafame