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Typesetting choices-in-a-table
Added by Will Ursus almost 10 years ago
I'm wondering how I can typeset choices as in the example below:
Which row in the table is correct about a uniform circular motion: ________________________________ | | velocity | acceleration | --------------------------------. | A | changing | constant | --------------------------------. | B | constant | changing | --------------------------------. | C | constant | constant | --------------------------------. | D | changing | changing | --------------------------------.
I would also like the choice-shuffling feature to be preserved. Is it possible to be implemented withing current codes?
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RE: Typesetting choices-in-a-table - Added by Stefan Reinsberg almost 10 years ago
A not-so-pretty solution is this:
\begin{question}{Q1} Which row in the table is correct about a uniform circular motion:\\ \hspace{1cm}velocity {\hskip 4em} acceleration \begin{choices} \wrongchoice{changing {\hskip 4em} constant} \wrongchoice{constant {\hskip 4em} constant} \wrongchoice{constant {\hskip 4em} changing} \correctchoice{changing {\hskip 4em} changing} \end{choices} \end{question}
This will shuffle but maintain alignment in a very fragile way.
It might be better for your students to read actual sentence that you have in mind. That will be as unambiguous as can be:
\begin{question}{Q2} Far uniform circular motion\\ \begin{choices} \wrongchoice{velocity changes and acceleration is constant.} \wrongchoice{velocity is constant and acceleration is constant.} \wrongchoice{velocity is constant and acceleration is constant.} \correctchoice{velocity changes and acceleration changes.} \end{choices} \end{question}
My attempts to interleave the tabbing or tabular environment with the question environment were quickly frustrated and I decided this is just as good. Of course, there might be questions where sentences are not ideal. In those circumstances you can typeset the question in a table format first, label the columns and then ask for the correct column in a horizontal fashion:
\begin{question}{Q3} Which row in the table is correct about a uniform circular motion:\\ \begin{tabular}{r|r|r} & velocity & acceleration\\ \hline A & changing & constant \\ B & constant & constant \\ C & constant & changing \\ D & changing & changing \\ \end{tabular}\\ \begin{choiceshoriz} \wrongchoice{A} \wrongchoice{B} \wrongchoice{C} \correctchoice{D} \end{choiceshoriz} \end{question}
There you go - three methods to choose from, nothing quite like what you had in mind ;-)
RE: Typesetting choices-in-a-table - Added by Will Ursus almost 10 years ago
Thank you very much for the advices. Indeed I've implemented the 2nd and 3rd myself and couldn't be satisfied.
I first went with the 3rd method. It worked with choice-shuffling turned off, as the order of the choices is determined in the question body. Shuffling the choices simply breaks the correspondence. Alternatively I coded the choices as
\wrongchoice[A]{}\wrongchoice[B]{}\wrongchoice[C]{}\correctchoice[D]{}
and allowed shuffling, with choices displayed like [B][A][D][C] or [D][C][A][B] etc. Somehow weird on exam papers.
Right now I'm settled with the 2nd method. Cumbersome at times, this method has natural shuffling and I don't need to worry about breaking things.
Maybe the perfect solution is to create a new environment like "choicescustom" in the package source. I'm looking at the .sty file, but have no idea how to do it at this point.
RE: Typesetting choices-in-a-table - Added by Nikola Z. Guscic over 9 years ago
Regarding third method, have you considered using numbers as opposed to letters? Rows in the table could be named 1,2,3 and 4, and answers cold be coded \wrongchoice{1} or \wrongchoice[1$^st$ row} etc.
RE: Typesetting choices-in-a-table - Added by Will Ursus over 9 years ago
This is a good one. :-)
Natural and proper with minimal redundancy.
Nikola Z. Guscic wrote:
Regarding third method, have you considered using numbers as opposed to letters? Rows in the table could be named 1,2,3 and 4, and answers cold be coded wrongchoice{1} or wrongchoice[1$^st$ row} etc.
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