Analysis Of The Used Exam Tables

By Marci Glover


An examination table is a specially prepared mathematical or scientific document which contains basic formulas and computations. The formulas form a way of guiding students sitting for a test. The mathematical and scientific computations vary depending on the course and the field of specialization. Mathematical computations could include interest rates, net present values and a range of mortality tables. These are useful where the students do not have to perform the basic computations. The figures are just read off from the already computed values.

The tabulated formulas and computations are very expensive to prepare and publish. For this reason, most students buy used exam tables. The price of a new collection is beyond the reach of most students. The students have to buy used collections which are still relevant to their area of specialization. Most of these books are auctioned in a range of bookshops and other book joints. At these joints, the students can negotiate and pay relatively lower.

Some of the acquisition can also be done over the internet. The internet has expanded the scope of disseminating and access of information. The seller posts the materials they want to sell. The willing buyers then access the various websites with the items on sale. The two parties negotiate on the selling prices. The payments are also made over the internet. The seller then ships the item to the buyer after receiving the payments.

Scientific formulas are bundled into one collection and then printed. The patent costs, the publishing rights and the costs of the research are all incorporated into the scientific books. This is what makes them very expensive and most probably out for most college and university students. Most of these formulas are very critical for science-oriented examinations. Students specializing in various engineering course find them handy.

Most of the finance and economics students need the tabulations of various interest rates in order to work out various problems. This also happens where they have to work out the present values of different projects or the value of shares and equity holdings. Students taking the actuarial professional examinations need the tabulations especially in getting the values of various derivatives, projection of lives and mortality rates in various mathematical problems.

The derivations of some special medical and pharmaceutical computations are very complex. These derivations may differ depending on how the various dosages of drugs and the body respond. The medical tabulations help the students taking the tests to understand the changes depending on the level of input.

The available collections of mathematical, financial and scientific tables are updated regularly. The updates are used for including some calculations or computations that may have not been added in the previous versions. This is also very critical where some computing frameworks have been changed and this has to be reflected in the computation collections.

With the current constraints in the financing of studies of students, gaining access to various study materials may be very hard. This is what has pushed the students into coming up with very cunning ways of accessing the materials. Although the sharing of study materials through some special online accounts infringes the rights of ownership, the students are left with no option.




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