Dear University of Otago,

I am writing to request information under the Official Information Act 1982.
Specifically, I am seeking the following information:
1. The average grades for all papers offered by the University of Otago in the 2023 academic year.
2. If readily available, the distribution of grades for each of these papers.
If you need any clarification or have any questions regarding this request, please don't hesitate to contact me. I would be happy to discuss the request and clarify any points as needed.
Thank you for your assistance with this matter.

Yours faithfully,
Josiah.

Dear University of Otago,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am following up on my previous requesting information on average grades and distributions of papers offered at the University of Otago in the 2023 academic year. I would like to clarify that for the second point, I am interested in the standard deviation of the grade distributions. This measure will be sufficient for my needs, and I do not require more detailed breakdowns beyond this.

If you require any further details or if there are any issues with fulfilling this request, please let me know. I am happy to discuss any aspects of the request to facilitate the process.

Thank you once again for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,
Josiah

Tēnā koe Kelsey,

Thank you very much for your prompt response and clarification of my request. I agree that limiting the scope of my request to 100-, 200-, and 300-level papers will be perfectly acceptable. I am interested in receiving the average grade for each of these papers offered by the University of Otago in the 2023 academic year (covering Summer School, Semester 1, Semester 2, Full-Year, and Pre-Christmas Summer School). I understand and accept that this will exclude postgraduate papers where marks are not given.
If the distribution of grades for these papers is readily accessible in your system, this would be preferable. However, given the large scope of the request, I am happy to receive the standard deviations if this is more realistic to report in a timely manner.

Thank you once again for your assistance and for facilitating this process, it is greatly appreciated. If you need any further details or clarification, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.

Ngā mihi nui,

Josiah

Kia ora Kelsey,

Thank you for your continued assistance with my request.

When you mentioned the order of preference, I want to ensure I understand correctly. Are you suggesting that if it's too difficult to provide all the data, you would begin providing the data and you would like an indication of how I would like it prioritised? Or are you saying that you could provide only the mean and standard deviation for groups of papers (e.g., one value for all of the science papers)?

Ideally, I would appreciate the mean and distribution for each paper (e.g., LAWS301 had a mean of B+/6, and 5 students with A+/9, 4 students with A/8...), or mean and standard deviation (e.g., LAWS301 had a mean of B+/6 and SD of 1.8). Whichever is easiest to provide from your system.

If your clarification was consistent with this and just regarding the sorting of the data, I would prefer it sorted by division, but I am happy to receive it in whichever order is easiest for you to provide and sort it myself afterward.

Thank you once again for your support. I would appreciate clarification as if it is about prioritisation, I would need to carefully consider this.

Ngā mihi nui,

Josiah

Kia ora Kelsey,

Thank you for your clarification and your ongoing efforts to complete this request.

I understand now, and I appreciate the work in collating the mean and standard deviation for each paper. Regarding the prioritisation of the full grade distributions, I have a particular interest in the most enrolled divisions so would appreciate it if they could be prioritised in the following order:
1. Health Sciences
2. Humanities
3. Sciences
4. Commerce
However, if there is an approach to priority that is more efficient to process, I am happy to go with that.
Thank you once again for your support and I look forward to receiving the data.

Ngā mihi nui,

Josiah