AAMC designated "hard" "moderate" and "easy"

[liveoak]

does anyone know what these exactly mean, perhaps from a qualitative standpoint?

thanks

EDIT: I mean questions that are designated "hard, medium or easy"

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[LifeTake2]

My understanding:

All MCAT questions are 'trialed' hard/moderate/easy is allocated based upon how well the question is answered during the trial phase. Since they are hidden inside real MCAT's they are able to get a feel as to how they will measure up once implemented and can see how hard it was.

 

[liveoak]

thanks, i was just wondering if it's similar to the "official mcat" guide which is something like

hard = 25-50
moderate = 50-70
easy = > 70

 

[kkoopman]

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[FutureDoc33]

My understanding:

All MCAT questions are 'trialed' hard/moderate/easy is allocated based upon how well the question is answered during the trial phase. Since they are hidden inside real MCAT's they are able to get a feel as to how they will measure up once implemented and can see how hard it was.

Yeah, I'd agree with that.

A designation of whether a question is "hard" or "easy" is all about how well students did on that question in the past.