Power law distribution in education: University entrance examination

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Hari M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCampanha, José R. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPrado, Fernando D. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:19:56Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:19:56Z
dc.date.issued2000-09-01
dc.description.abstractWe studied the statistical distribution of candidate's performance which is measured through their marks in university entrance examination (Vestibular) of UNESP (Universidade Estadual Paulista) for years 1998, 1999, and 2000. All students are divided in three groups: Physical, Biological and Humanities. We paid special attention to the examination of Portuguese language which is common for all and examinations for the particular area. We observed long ubiquitous power law tails in Physical and Biological sciences. This indicate the presence of strong positive feedback in sciences. We are able to explain completely these statistical distributions through Gradually Truncated Power law distributions which we developed recently to explain statistical behavior of financial market. The statistical distribution in case of Portuguese language and humanities is close to normal distribution. We discuss the possible reason for this peculiar behavior.en
dc.description.affiliationDepartamento de Física- IGCE Universidade Estadual Paulista, C.P. 178, Rio Claro 13500-970, SP
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartamento de Física- IGCE Universidade Estadual Paulista, C.P. 178, Rio Claro 13500-970, SP
dc.format.extent1273-1279
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0129183100001085
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Modern Physics C, v. 11, n. 6, p. 1273-1279, 2000.
dc.identifier.doi10.1142/S0129183100001085
dc.identifier.issn0129-1831
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0034550070
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/66235
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000166141900018
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Modern Physics C
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.919
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,316
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectGradually Truncated Lèvy Flight
dc.subjectPower-Law Distributions
dc.subjectUniversity Entrance Examination
dc.titlePower law distribution in education: University entrance examinationen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.worldscientific.com/page/authors/author-rights
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, Rio Claropt

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