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Every piece of graded work in the course, what it is worth, and when it is due.

Reproduce / Break / Report

The mark is in the account.

Reproduce a published number, construct a failure, then defend what you would report instead. The measurement log records what you learned along the way.

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  1. Starts week 1 · Due week 12 ·

    One entry a week from week 1. Every entry records a number, the sample size it was computed at, and the implementation that produced it.

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  2. Due week 5 ·

    Take a published FID from a real paper. Reproduce it. Explain the gap. Marked on the explanation, not on the size of the gap.

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  3. Due week 9 ·

    Construct a bench candidate that scores well and is visibly wrong, or scores badly and is visibly fine. Submit the set, the score and the mechanism.

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  4. Due week 12 ·

    Propose what you would report in place of the score, then evaluate your proposal by the standard this course applied to FID. Most proposals fail. Say how yours does.

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