What the 2017 results show is that they final result for the Assignment is mainly down to the way it is written up and not to do with intelligence or choice of topic.
Below is the table of topics covered and scores.
| Topic | Lowest Score | Highest Score | No. of students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impulse and delta p | 13 | 17 | 2 |
| acceleration due to gravity | 11 | 16 | 3 |
| Exoplanets | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| Fibre Optics | 12 | 16 | 3 |