Grading using weighted averages in php

Question

How could I grade this test with php? I need a percentage score...

I have an array of questions containing the correct / incorrect bool and the corresponding weight.

Do I need to find the average of correct answers first?

What would the equation be?

$questions = array(
    0=>array(
        'Question'=>"Some Question",
        'Correct'=>true,
        'Weight'=>5,
    ),
    1=>array(
        'Question'=>"Some Question",
        'Correct'=>false,
        'Weight'=>5,
    ),
    2=>array(
        'Question'=>"Some Question",
        'Correct'=>true,
        'Weight'=>4,
    ),
    3=>array(
        'Question'=>"Some Question",
        'Correct'=>true,
        'Weight'=>0,
    ),
    4=>array(
        'Question'=>"Some Question",
        'Correct'=>false,
        'Weight'=>5,
    ),
    5=>array(
        'Question'=>"Some Question",
        'Correct'=>true,
        'Weight'=>4,
    ),
);
$weights = array(
    0=>0
    1=>0
    2=>.05
    3=>.20
    4=>.25
    5=>.50
);
$totalQuestions=0;
$correctAnswers=0;
$points=0;
foreach($questions as $question){
    $totalQuestions++;
    if($question['Correct']){
        $correctAnswers++;
        $points = $points = $weights[$question['Weight'];
    }
}

Answer 1

You can calculate the amount of weights the candidate earned (i.e. the points you have) and then the total weights possible (i.e. a perfect score).

Then you can divide the candidate score by the total score:

Score = Candidate score / Total Score

From there you can calculate the percentage:

Percentage = Score * 100

Using your code:

$totalQuestions=0;
$totalWeights=0;
$correctAnswers=0;
$weightsEarned=0;
foreach($questions as $question){
    $totalQuestions++;
    $totalWeights+=$weights[$question['Weight']];
    if($question['Correct']){
        $correctAnswers++;
        $weightsEarned += $weights[$question['Weight']];
    }
}

echo "Score Overview: ";
echo "<br/>Weights Earned: " . $weightsEarned;
echo "<br/>Correct Answers: " . $correctAnswers;
echo "<br/>Total Weights Possible : " . $totalWeights;
echo "<br/>Percentage Earned: " . ($weightsEarned / $totalWeights) * 100;