<p>For the CR, my friend omitted 2 anfd got 5 wrong with a 710 in the Jan. one.
How was that compared to the June one.???
I think i omitted 3 and missed 5-6 on the June one. Would that be a 700 or a little less?????</p>
<p>And my other firend got a 680 on the May CR with 4 omitted and 5 wrong. Were the curves the same for MAy and Jan??? How about the June one with 3 omitted and 5-6 wrong?</p>
<p>I have the 2008 Jan QAS and it says
800 800 800 780 760 750 730 720 710 700 690 680 670 ..</p>
<p>thus we may conclude that Jan curve was better than that of May, but June curve: nobody knows. I think it would be more like the Jan curve!</p>
<p>Really? I had a total 5 wrong on CR and got 730..</p>
<p>Yeah exactly.. 5 wrong = 6 points off = 730.</p>
<p>A bunch of smart-non procrastinating Asians take it in January, so the curve is a bit harsher. Comparatively, a bunch of procrastinating lazy/dumb people take it in june (as well as smart people, of course) so this test should have a better curve, unless it was a lot easier, which i don't think it was.</p>
<p>the curve has nothing to do with the test takers...but rather the difficulty of the test.</p>
<p>yeah and vocab wasnt hard in June so the CR curve is not going to be as forgiving</p>
<p>@ you'llsee-
but see, the difficulty of the test depends on the test takers. therefore, the curve DOES depend on the test takers.</p>
<p>hey..how did u guys know how many u got wrong?is there any ways to find the answers??thanks</p>
<p>i posted all but 3 of the CR answers</p>
<p>ive no idea how to find it ..can u please put a link here,,since im new here lol many thanks.oh btw..is it ur answers?or the official one?</p>
<p>of course it's not the official answers! scores aren't even out yet.
these are just the answers as collaborated from many CCers. they aren't 100% guranteed correct, but probably are (or probably come pretty close)</p>
<p>lol @ sushi.</p>
<p>How does the difficulty of the test depend on the test takers. For that to be true, ETS would have to know who will be taking the test (and their "intelligence level") before the test is created...and we both know that's nonsense.</p>
<p>Well don't they scale the scores so that they generally turn out similar? If your competition is harder one month, then it would probably be harder to get a good score.</p>
<p>i got a toatally different test..none of those readings were in mine...bad luck!:(</p>
<p>@ you'llsee..
difficulty of tests depends on test takers in a way that each test taker will perceive the difficulty-ness of the test based on their "intelligent level". So if the people you happen to take it with are all dumb, then the curve will shoot a little up.</p>
<p>No, no, NO!</p>
<p>Okay, here's how it works, for the last time: </p>
<p>The ETS designs a question. Then that question is "tested" in experimental sections for several months/years until it's actually used on a real test. That way, when the questions are used on real exams, the ETS has an accurate picture of how difficult each question is (so it's not just one administration's sample -- it's several). Once the difficulties of the questions are determined, the tests are composed of a certain number of easy/medium/hard. </p>
<p>So in a sense, the test does depend on performance...ON THE EXPERIMENTAL SECTIONS. But that won't just be from one sample -- the experimentals are tested several times with many different groups before a difficulty level is assigned. </p>
<p>Make sense?</p>
<p>sushi, the test curves are determined before the test is given.</p>
<p>No they're not! how do they figure out the curve? based on how easy they THINK they made it? The curve is based on how well everybody else in the country did. If the curve was predetermined, it would no longer be a curve.</p>