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DETTT
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Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 13:54 \| IP Logged

I'm also having problems to understand how it was calculated 71 vs 77. Why did they curve 6 points off?

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Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 14:10 \| IP Logged

DETTT wrote:

I'm also having problems to understand how it was calculated 71 vs 77. Why did they curve 6 points off?

Because that's what they do! They are jerks! No other reason!

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Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 14:15 \| IP Logged

I seriously believe you can't calculate your score from that diagnostic report. Some questions are worth more points then others so maybe this person answered the easier questions right but did not get many of the harder questions right. There is too much "processing" that goes into the grade to look at the diagnostic report and calculate your score. Complete waste of time like I said. I highly doubt this persons score was curved down.

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Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 14:19 \| IP Logged

e_rock494 wrote:

I seriously believe you can't calculate your score from that diagnostic report. Some questions are worth more points then others so maybe this person answered the easier questions right but did not get many of the harder questions right. There is too much "processing" that goes into the grade to look at the diagnostic report and calculate your score. Complete waste of time like I said. I highly doubt this persons score was curved down.

I most certainly think they do curve down. I had two sections the first time I took (I can't remember which section) that I was "= to a passing candidate and score in another section in the high 60's and the other two in the 40's and I got a 32%! Don't tell me they don't curve down! That's when I said screw it and gave up the first time!

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Posted: 24 Sep 2008 at 14:26 \| IP Logged

OK, your belief from experience = they curve down

My belief from experience = they don't curve down.

I can't see how they can LEGALLY curve down your grade. Each question is worth a certain amount of points based on how hard the question is. I guess the only section left for scrutiny are the Sims.

But I'm sorry that you belief from experience is that they curve down. No fun.

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