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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/graders.py
2014-11-24 20:46:50 -05:00

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import abc
import inspect
import logging
import random
import sys
from collections import namedtuple
log = logging.getLogger("edx.courseware")
# This is a tuple for holding scores, either from problems or sections.
# Section either indicates the name of the problem or the name of the section
Score = namedtuple("Score", "earned possible graded section")
def aggregate_scores(scores, section_name="summary"):
"""
scores: A list of Score objects
returns: A tuple (all_total, graded_total).
all_total: A Score representing the total score summed over all input scores
graded_total: A Score representing the score summed over all graded input scores
"""
total_correct_graded = sum(score.earned for score in scores if score.graded)
total_possible_graded = sum(score.possible for score in scores if score.graded)
total_correct = sum(score.earned for score in scores)
total_possible = sum(score.possible for score in scores)
#regardless of whether or not it is graded
all_total = Score(total_correct,
total_possible,
False,
section_name)
#selecting only graded things
graded_total = Score(total_correct_graded,
total_possible_graded,
True,
section_name)
return all_total, graded_total
def invalid_args(func, argdict):
"""
Given a function and a dictionary of arguments, returns a set of arguments
from argdict that aren't accepted by func
"""
args, _, keywords, _ = inspect.getargspec(func)
if keywords:
return set() # All accepted
return set(argdict) - set(args)
def grader_from_conf(conf):
"""
This creates a CourseGrader from a configuration (such as in course_settings.py).
The conf can simply be an instance of CourseGrader, in which case no work is done.
More commonly, the conf is a list of dictionaries. A WeightedSubsectionsGrader
with AssignmentFormatGrader's or SingleSectionGrader's as subsections will be
generated. Every dictionary should contain the parameters for making either a
AssignmentFormatGrader or SingleSectionGrader, in addition to a 'weight' key.
"""
if isinstance(conf, CourseGrader):
return conf
subgraders = []
for subgraderconf in conf:
subgraderconf = subgraderconf.copy()
weight = subgraderconf.pop("weight", 0)
# NOTE: 'name' used to exist in SingleSectionGrader. We are deprecating SingleSectionGrader
# and converting everything into an AssignmentFormatGrader by adding 'min_count' and
# 'drop_count'. AssignmentFormatGrader does not expect 'name', so if it appears
# in bad_args, go ahead remove it (this causes no errors). Eventually, SingleSectionGrader
# should be completely removed.
name = 'name'
try:
if 'min_count' in subgraderconf:
#This is an AssignmentFormatGrader
subgrader_class = AssignmentFormatGrader
elif name in subgraderconf:
#This is an SingleSectionGrader
subgrader_class = SingleSectionGrader
else:
raise ValueError("Configuration has no appropriate grader class.")
bad_args = invalid_args(subgrader_class.__init__, subgraderconf)
# See note above concerning 'name'.
if bad_args.issuperset({name}):
bad_args = bad_args - {name}
del subgraderconf[name]
if len(bad_args) > 0:
log.warning("Invalid arguments for a subgrader: %s", bad_args)
for key in bad_args:
del subgraderconf[key]
subgrader = subgrader_class(**subgraderconf)
subgraders.append((subgrader, subgrader.category, weight))
except (TypeError, ValueError) as error:
# Add info and re-raise
msg = ("Unable to parse grader configuration:\n " +
str(subgraderconf) +
"\n Error was:\n " + str(error))
raise ValueError(msg), None, sys.exc_info()[2]
return WeightedSubsectionsGrader(subgraders)
class CourseGrader(object):
"""
A course grader takes the totaled scores for each graded section (that a student has
started) in the course. From these scores, the grader calculates an overall percentage
grade. The grader should also generate information about how that score was calculated,
to be displayed in graphs or charts.
A grader has one required method, grade(), which is passed a grade_sheet. The grade_sheet
contains scores for all graded section that the student has started. If a student has
a score of 0 for that section, it may be missing from the grade_sheet. The grade_sheet
is keyed by section format. Each value is a list of Score namedtuples for each section
that has the matching section format.
The grader outputs a dictionary with the following keys:
- percent: Contains a float value, which is the final percentage score for the student.
- section_breakdown: This is a list of dictionaries which provide details on sections
that were graded. These are used for display in a graph or chart. The format for a
section_breakdown dictionary is explained below.
- grade_breakdown: This is a list of dictionaries which provide details on the contributions
of the final percentage grade. This is a higher level breakdown, for when the grade is constructed
of a few very large sections (such as Homeworks, Labs, a Midterm, and a Final). The format for
a grade_breakdown is explained below. This section is optional.
A dictionary in the section_breakdown list has the following keys:
percent: A float percentage for the section.
label: A short string identifying the section. Preferably fixed-length. E.g. "HW 3".
detail: A string explanation of the score. E.g. "Homework 1 - Ohms Law - 83% (5/6)"
category: A string identifying the category. Items with the same category are grouped together
in the display (for example, by color).
prominent: A boolean value indicating that this section should be displayed as more prominent
than other items.
A dictionary in the grade_breakdown list has the following keys:
percent: A float percentage in the breakdown. All percents should add up to the final percentage.
detail: A string explanation of this breakdown. E.g. "Homework - 10% of a possible 15%"
category: A string identifying the category. Items with the same category are grouped together
in the display (for example, by color).
"""
__metaclass__ = abc.ABCMeta
@abc.abstractmethod
def grade(self, grade_sheet, generate_random_scores=False):
'''Given a grade sheet, return a dict containing grading information'''
raise NotImplementedError
class WeightedSubsectionsGrader(CourseGrader):
"""
This grader takes a list of tuples containing (grader, category_name, weight) and computes
a final grade by totalling the contribution of each sub grader and multiplying it by the
given weight. For example, the sections may be
[ (homeworkGrader, "Homework", 0.15), (labGrader, "Labs", 0.15), (midtermGrader, "Midterm", 0.30),
(finalGrader, "Final", 0.40) ]
All items in section_breakdown for each subgrader will be combined. A grade_breakdown will be
composed using the score from each grader.
Note that the sum of the weights is not take into consideration. If the weights add up to
a value > 1, the student may end up with a percent > 100%. This allows for sections that
are extra credit.
"""
def __init__(self, sections):
self.sections = sections
def grade(self, grade_sheet, generate_random_scores=False):
total_percent = 0.0
section_breakdown = []
grade_breakdown = []
for subgrader, category, weight in self.sections:
subgrade_result = subgrader.grade(grade_sheet, generate_random_scores)
weighted_percent = subgrade_result['percent'] * weight
section_detail = u"{0} = {1:.2%} of a possible {2:.2%}".format(category, weighted_percent, weight)
total_percent += weighted_percent
section_breakdown += subgrade_result['section_breakdown']
grade_breakdown.append({'percent': weighted_percent, 'detail': section_detail, 'category': category})
return {'percent': total_percent,
'section_breakdown': section_breakdown,
'grade_breakdown': grade_breakdown}
class SingleSectionGrader(CourseGrader):
"""
This grades a single section with the format 'type' and the name 'name'.
If the name is not appropriate for the short short_label or category, they each may
be specified individually.
"""
def __init__(self, type, name, short_label=None, category=None):
self.type = type
self.name = name
self.short_label = short_label or name
self.category = category or name
def grade(self, grade_sheet, generate_random_scores=False):
found_score = None
if self.type in grade_sheet:
for score in grade_sheet[self.type]:
if score.section == self.name:
found_score = score
break
if found_score or generate_random_scores:
if generate_random_scores: # for debugging!
earned = random.randint(2, 15)
possible = random.randint(earned, 15)
else: # We found the score
earned = found_score.earned
possible = found_score.possible
percent = earned / float(possible)
detail = u"{name} - {percent:.0%} ({earned:.3n}/{possible:.3n})".format(
name=self.name,
percent=percent,
earned=float(earned),
possible=float(possible)
)
else:
percent = 0.0
detail = u"{name} - 0% (?/?)".format(name=self.name)
breakdown = [{'percent': percent, 'label': self.short_label,
'detail': detail, 'category': self.category, 'prominent': True}]
return {'percent': percent,
'section_breakdown': breakdown,
#No grade_breakdown here
}
class AssignmentFormatGrader(CourseGrader):
"""
Grades all sections matching the format 'type' with an equal weight. A specified
number of lowest scores can be dropped from the calculation. The minimum number of
sections in this format must be specified (even if those sections haven't been
written yet).
min_count defines how many assignments are expected throughout the course. Placeholder
scores (of 0) will be inserted if the number of matching sections in the course is < min_count.
If there number of matching sections in the course is > min_count, min_count will be ignored.
show_only_average is to suppress the display of each assignment in this grader and instead
only show the total score of this grader in the breakdown.
hide_average is to suppress the display of the total score in this grader and instead
only show each assignment in this grader in the breakdown.
If there is only a single assignment in this grader, then it acts like a SingleSectionGrader
and returns only one entry for the grader. Since the assignment and the total are the same,
the total is returned but is not labeled as an average.
category should be presentable to the user, but may not appear. When the grade breakdown is
displayed, scores from the same category will be similar (for example, by color).
section_type is a string that is the type of a singular section. For example, for Labs it
would be "Lab". This defaults to be the same as category.
short_label is similar to section_type, but shorter. For example, for Homework it would be
"HW".
starting_index is the first number that will appear. For example, starting_index=3 and
min_count = 2 would produce the labels "Assignment 3", "Assignment 4"
"""
def __init__(self, type, min_count, drop_count, category=None, section_type=None, short_label=None,
show_only_average=False, hide_average=False, starting_index=1):
self.type = type
self.min_count = min_count
self.drop_count = drop_count
self.category = category or self.type
self.section_type = section_type or self.type
self.short_label = short_label or self.type
self.show_only_average = show_only_average
self.starting_index = starting_index
self.hide_average = hide_average
def grade(self, grade_sheet, generate_random_scores=False):
def total_with_drops(breakdown, drop_count):
'''calculates total score for a section while dropping lowest scores'''
#create an array of tuples with (index, mark), sorted by mark['percent'] descending
sorted_breakdown = sorted(enumerate(breakdown), key=lambda x: -x[1]['percent'])
# A list of the indices of the dropped scores
dropped_indices = []
if drop_count > 0:
dropped_indices = [x[0] for x in sorted_breakdown[-drop_count:]]
aggregate_score = 0
for index, mark in enumerate(breakdown):
if index not in dropped_indices:
aggregate_score += mark['percent']
if (len(breakdown) - drop_count > 0):
aggregate_score /= len(breakdown) - drop_count
return aggregate_score, dropped_indices
#Figure the homework scores
scores = grade_sheet.get(self.type, [])
breakdown = []
for i in range(max(self.min_count, len(scores))):
if i < len(scores) or generate_random_scores:
if generate_random_scores: # for debugging!
earned = random.randint(2, 15)
possible = random.randint(earned, 15)
section_name = "Generated"
else:
earned = scores[i].earned
possible = scores[i].possible
section_name = scores[i].section
percentage = earned / float(possible)
summary_format = u"{section_type} {index} - {name} - {percent:.0%} ({earned:.3n}/{possible:.3n})"
summary = summary_format.format(
index=i + self.starting_index,
section_type=self.section_type,
name=section_name,
percent=percentage,
earned=float(earned),
possible=float(possible)
)
else:
percentage = 0
summary = u"{section_type} {index} Unreleased - 0% (?/?)".format(
index=i + self.starting_index,
section_type=self.section_type
)
short_label = u"{short_label} {index:02d}".format(
index=i + self.starting_index,
short_label=self.short_label
)
breakdown.append({'percent': percentage, 'label': short_label,
'detail': summary, 'category': self.category})
total_percent, dropped_indices = total_with_drops(breakdown, self.drop_count)
for dropped_index in dropped_indices:
breakdown[dropped_index]['mark'] = {'detail': u"The lowest {drop_count} {section_type} scores are dropped."
.format(drop_count=self.drop_count, section_type=self.section_type)}
if len(breakdown) == 1:
# if there is only one entry in a section, suppress the existing individual entry and the average,
# and just display a single entry for the section. That way it acts automatically like a
# SingleSectionGrader.
total_detail = u"{section_type} = {percent:.0%}".format(
percent=total_percent,
section_type=self.section_type,
)
total_label = u"{short_label}".format(short_label=self.short_label)
breakdown = [{'percent': total_percent, 'label': total_label,
'detail': total_detail, 'category': self.category, 'prominent': True}, ]
else:
total_detail = u"{section_type} Average = {percent:.0%}".format(
percent=total_percent,
section_type=self.section_type
)
total_label = u"{short_label} Avg".format(short_label=self.short_label)
if self.show_only_average:
breakdown = []
if not self.hide_average:
breakdown.append({'percent': total_percent, 'label': total_label,
'detail': total_detail, 'category': self.category, 'prominent': True})
return {'percent': total_percent,
'section_breakdown': breakdown,
#No grade_breakdown here
}