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1.2       bowersj2    1: \label{Spreadsheet_Problem_Weight}
1.3     ! bowersj2    2: Problem weight\index{problem weight}\index{weight, problem} is set on
        !             3: the \textbf{Parm} screen. The \textbf{weight} of the problem is a
        !             4: parameter that is attached to the problem that \emph{can} be used by
        !             5: the spreadsheet to calculate the points a student will receive for a
        !             6: problem.
1.1       bowersj2    7: 
                      8: The default spreadsheet uses the ``weight'' parameter as the number of
                      9: points a student will receive for completing a problem
                     10: correctly. Custom spreadsheets can use many parameters to compute the
                     11: points a student will receive, such as \emph{status} (completed, not
                     12: solved, excused, etc.), \emph{partial credit}, \emph{number of tries},
                     13: etc., or \textbf{weight} as just another parameter.
                     14: 
                     15: Thus, for a given course, the true effect of the \textbf{weight}
                     16: parameter can only be understood in the context of the spreadsheet the
                     17: course is using to determine the number of points a student will
                     18: receive for a given problem. (Using \textbf{weight} as part of the
                     19: spreadsheet calculation can provide an easy way to manipulate how the
                     20: problem distributes points without needing to edit the spreadsheet
                     21: directly.)