Bombed CLEP college mathematics today

[ShotoJuku]

Hey ShotoJuku, good to hear from you. It's been a long time since I've visited the forum. I remember how I always used to like reading your posts, I used to find them very motivating.

About CLEP scoring, I understand it differently, Shoto. First fact we know is that a 50 corresponds to a passing grade of C, which is not necessarily 50% correct answers on the exam, as is the case with regular college exams which usually require 70% correct for pass (or a C). This means that the average of people who took a course of the same subject as the exam and scored a C would be scoring a 50 on the CLEP.

Also, since it's a statistical score, it does not by any means scale linearly in relation to the number of correct answers. If I remember well, an additional 10, i.e. a score of 60, was one standard deviation from the mean. This kind of score can be more readily translated into a percentile ranking than into a prediction of the number of correct answers.

[SIZE="3"]Hi Gus,

Welcome Back!

I'm sure your clarification on the scoring method is correct however I am simply passing on a general formula that seems to make sense to many, who like me, are not the best at figuring out standard deviations from the mean et al, etcetera, but just need a general idea on just how it works and how they may end up doing. I guess you could call the formula the KISS method: Keep It Statistically Simple.[/SIZE]