blocking_factor

This function takes in a plan of study and a course, then finds that course's blocking factor.
The value is the number of courses 'blocked' by failing the given course.

Enables educational researchers and practitioners to calculate the curricular complexity of a plan of study, visualize its prerequisite structure at scale, and conduct customizable analyses. The original tool can be found at <https://curricularanalytics.org>. Additional functions to explore curriculum complexity from the literature are also included.

David Reeping

CurricularComplexity

Toolkit for Analyzing Curricular Complexity

blocking_factor function

<dl><dt>plan_of_study</dt>
<dd>igraph object - An igraph object created using the create_plan_of_study function</dd>
<dt>course</dt>
<dd>Numeric (vertex id) or String - The course to calculate the blocking factor of</dd>
<dt>include_coreqs</dt>
<dd>logical - Indicates whether corequisites should be included in the calculation</dd></dl>

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Calculates the blocking factor of a course — blocking_factor

<dl>

<dt>plan_of_study</dt>
<dd>igraph object - An igraph object created using the create_plan_of_study function</dd>


<dt>course</dt>
<dd>Numeric (vertex id) or String - The course to calculate the blocking factor of</dd>


<dt>include_coreqs</dt>
<dd>logical - Indicates whether corequisites should be included in the calculation</dd>

</dl>

blocking_factor: Calculates the blocking factor of a course

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