paper.tex

@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@ of the Choice of Hydration Strategy on Average Academic Performance}
     academic performance and project that by using the right button
     of the water dispenser to fill up their water bottles, students
     can potentially gain up to \SI{4.14}{\second} of study time per
-    refill, which amounts to raising their grades by up to
-    $0.0003$ points.
+    refill, which is amounts to raising their grades by up to 0.00103 points.
 \end{abstract}
 
 \begin{IEEEkeywords}
@@ -154,12 +153,12 @@ performance of KIT students.
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 \section{Experimental Setup}
 
-Over a period of one week, we monitored the use of the water
+Over a period of one week, we monitored the usage of the water
 dispenser on the ground floor of the KIT library at random times
 during the day. The experiment comprised two parts, a system
 measurement to determine the flowrate of the water dispenser, and a
-behavioural measurement, i.e., a record of participants' chosen
-hydration strategies: $S_\text{L}$ denotes pressing the left
+behavioural measurement, i.e., a recording of the choice of hydration
+strategy of the participants: $S_\text{L}$ denotes pressing the left
 button of the water dispenser, $S_\text{R}$ the right one, and
 $S_\text{B}$ pressing both buttons.
 
@@ -210,11 +209,11 @@ Fig. \ref{fig:System} shows the results of the system measurement. We
 observe that $S_\text{L}$ is the slowest strategy, while $S_\text{R}$
 and $S_\text{B}$ are similar. Due to the small sample size and the
 unknown distribution, the test we chose to verify this observation is
-a Mann Whitney U test. We found that $S _\text{L}$ was slower than
+a Mann Whitney U test. We found that $S _\text{L}$ is faster than
 $S_\text{R}$ with a significance of $p < 0.0001$, while no
-statistically significant difference was found between $S_\text{R}$ and
-$S_\text{B}$. The results of the behavioural measurement can be seen in
-Fig. \ref{fig:Behavior}.
+significant statement could be made about $S_\text{R}$ and
+$S_\text{B}$. Fig. \ref{fig:Behavior} shows the results of the
+behavioural measurement.
 
 \begin{figure}[H]
     \centering
@@ -272,11 +271,11 @@ strategy amounts to $\SI{4.14}{\second}$.
 
 Strangely, it is the consensus of current research that there is only
 a weak relationship between academic performance and hours studied
-\cite{plant_why_2005}. Observing Figure 1 in
-\cite[p. 950]{schuman_effort_1985} and performing a linear regression,
-we quantified the grade gain per additional hour studied as
-$\SI{0.054}{points/hour}$. Using an estimate of 5 refills per day, we
-thus predict a possible gain of up to $0.0003$ points.
+\cite{plant_why_2005}. The largest investigation into the matter
+found a correlation of $\rho = 0.18$ \cite{schuman_effort_1985}
+between GPA and average time spend studying per day. Using a rather
+high estimate of 5 refills per day, we predict a possible grade gain
+of up to $0.00103$ points.
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 \section{Discussion and Conclusion}
@@ -290,7 +289,7 @@ In this study, we investigated how the choice of hydration strategy
 affects average academic performance. We found that always choosing
 to press the right button leads to an average time gain of
 \SI{4.14}{\second} per refill, which translates into a grade
-improvement of up to $0.0003$ points. We thus propose a novel and
+improvement of up to $0.00103$ levels. We thus propose a novel and
 broadly applicable strategy to boost the average academic performance
 of KIT students: always using the right button.
 
@@ -303,4 +302,3 @@ of KIT students: always using the right button.
 \printbibliography
 
 \end{document}
-

scripts/find_grade_gain.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from scipy import stats
 import numpy as np
-import argparse
 
 
 def main():
@@ -14,37 +13,16 @@ def main():
     hours_studied = np.array([1, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5])
     gpa = np.array([2.94, 2.91, 2.97, 2.86, 3.25, 3.18])
 
-    # Parse command line arguments
-
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("--plot", action="store_true")
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    # Compute Spearman rank order correlation
-
-    corr, p = stats.spearmanr(hours_studied, gpa)
-
-    print("======== Spearman rank order correlation ========")
-    print(f"Correlation: {corr}")
-    print(f"p-value: {p}")
-
-    # Perform linear regression
-
     slope, intercept, r, p, std_err = stats.linregress(hours_studied, gpa)
 
-    print("======== Linear regression ========")
-    print(f"slope: {slope:.8f} points/hour = {slope / (60 * 60):.8f} points/second")
-    # Printing the p-value here doesn't make much sense, because we don't know
-    # whether the assumptions for the test are satisfied
+    print(f"GPA/hour (slope) of best fit line: {slope}")
 
-    if args.plot:
-        plt.plot(hours_studied, gpa, label="Plot from publication")
-        plt.plot(hours_studied, slope * hours_studied + intercept, label="Best fit")
-        plt.xlabel("Hours studied")
-        plt.ylabel("GPA")
-        plt.legend()
-        plt.show()
+    plt.plot(hours_studied, gpa, label="Plot from publication")
+    plt.plot(hours_studied, slope * hours_studied + intercept, label="Best fit")
+    plt.xlabel("Hours studied")
+    plt.ylabel("GPA")
+    plt.legend()
+    plt.show()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":