Currently the facebook page EN310: Numerical Analysis has 42 members. A post was made by the administrator of the page about testing an online evaluation. According to the administrator 26 people saw the post, 7 liked the post and 7 "or so" evaluated. I've been idle with facebook earlier that week that I saw the post 2 days later of the date it was posted. And I thought of not evaluating since i already saw the comment with the new task. I relate this incident with error. - Mary May Valeros
In the situation
where a teacher posted a requirement which there were no clear details of when
the deadline is, 41 students have seen this post and 7 of them liked it. This is
clearly a human error since there were no specific details of when this
requirement must be done so many of the students have taken it for granted. Also,
the teacher has committed a truncation error which means an error from doing
approximations. The 7 people who liked may have not done the evaluation and not
all of the people who did not liked the post did not do it. I am one of the
students who did the evaluation and did not like the post so I know clearly
that the teacher has done wrong assumptions. - Lance Nicole Ompoc
Misunderstanding is one of the most
powerful tools in the existence of an error. People commit mistakes. One must
always remember that every single detail should be clear to avoid any
assumptions or misunderstanding. In the recently requirement given to us in the
course Numerical Analysis, there was a clear revelation of error on both sides.
As for the instructor, he failed to vividly present the criteria and instruction
for the new requirement. On the other hand, students were so apathetic that no
one ask what was the post all about, why does it exists, is it really required.
No one did that, not even me. It was a complete misunderstanding on both
parties. Most of all, this situation is perfect example of error, a very big
percentage of error. -Larjane Espinosa ♥
