Quote:
Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
The process of arriving at a conclusion is just as important as the conclusion. If you guess right due to random chance, there are also going to be other times you guess wrong. If you do a proper analysis of the data, you are far more likely to end up with the right answer because there is a system in place to acquire knowledge. That, in fact, is how we can evaluate the quality of the conclusion in itself. If we can't see the process that led to that conclusion, the very conclusion becomes suspect. This is true of logic, science, and statistical analysis, and these are the tools that have led us to clear and objective conclusions based on empirical evidence rather than subjective analysis that may be flawed due to personal bias.
In short, I trust Bingo's conclusion far more than yours because he did the work to understand the problem objectively. Just because you were too lazy to support your conclusion doesn't mean we should give it the same validity.
|
I am a former Math teacher and in fact, I gave zero marks for just the answer. Give the right answer with method as well, you got full marks. Give the wrong answer with method, you might get partial marks.
Part of evaluating yourself as a teacher is to see if you explained the method(s) correctly.