2024-divide-and-conquer-solving-problems-in-steps

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Internal Feedback Round 2A 21.11

Thoughts

• Really good example -> relatable
• Squeezing quicksort into one sentence is ambitious
  • -> Might not be suitable here
  • -> When cleaning your room, there are no comparisons -> Where is the pivot element?

Ideas

• "Queens problem" could be a better example to use than quicksort
• The article could be made shorter by merging the example of the first paragraph into the second

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External feedback:

Part of participants that are computer science students/graduates: 45 %
Part of participants that would read the booklet if it was not for this survey: 67 %

Clarity of the article:

• Very clear: 62 %
• Clear: 23 %
• Not clear: 15 %

Technical vs. Non-technical:

Good balance between technical depth and readability: 88 %
The article was too technical: 12 %

Engagement:

• I stayed engaged throughout: 90 %
• I lost interest midway: 10 %

Structure of the article:

• The structure is clear and easy to follow: 84 %
• The structure was confusing: 16 %

Part of participants that understand the purpose of the article: 90 %

Part of participants that think the drawing helps to understand the meaning of the article: 70 %

Factual errors/inaccuracies or additional comments:

• The image has multiple rooms, so divide and conquer be design. But the example is about one room which is in my a opinion the better example, as one room can be cleaned differently. But the image does not fit to the good example.
• Explain pivot or use a describing term.
• That was clear.
• Nice one - best so far.

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Another version：

Divide and Conquer: Solving Problems in Steps
Imagine making a pizza. First, you prepare the dough, then the toppings, and finally bake it. Step by step, chaos turns into a delicious meal.
This is "divide and conquer" in action. Algorithms like merge sort use this approach: break a big problem into smaller parts, solve each one, and combine the results.
Simplify by dividing, conquer by solving step by step!