Correlation between % correct and percentile?

[Dezixn]

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I know there isn't any solid info on this, but I was just wondering if anyone had a general idea.

Say if you got ~80% of the questions correct on the PCAT, do you think you would be in >80th percentile or <80th percentile?
I would think in this situation you would be over, but I'd like to see what others think.

It's hate not knowing where I have to score hah. I know I can get 80-90% correct on practice stuff, but damn do I hate this mysterious percentile stuff.

 

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[PistonFan531]

I don't know about any of the other practice tests, but here is some info about this regarding the Pearsons practice test:

"One way to interpret your Practice Test scores is by considering the mean (average) scores earned by PCAT examinees as a reference. Looking at your scores in this way, you would need to answer approximately 60-70% of the items correctly for each multiple-choice subtest in order to score above the mean."

I would guess if you answer 80% of the questions correctly, your percentile will be lower than 80%...but no one really knows how many you need to get correct.

I don't think that is correct. I remember many people were saying in one thread that they guessed on a lot of the math problems and still got above a 90% for that section. But then again I could be wrong...

 

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[Dezixn]

I don't know about any of the other practice tests, but here is some info about this regarding the Pearsons practice test:

"One way to interpret your Practice Test scores is by considering the mean (average) scores earned by PCAT examinees as a reference. Looking at your scores in this way, you would need to answer approximately 60-70% of the items correctly for each multiple-choice subtest in order to score above the mean."

I would guess if you answer 80% of the questions correctly, your percentile will be lower than 80%...but no one really knows how many you need to get correct.

I think that might be a little off base though. What is the average on the practice test anyways?
Also, I don't think that the average of the pearson practice test would resemble the average for the actual test. I would assume the practice test would be higher, as those who take the practice are probably going to do a good job because those are they type who study. But this is all just guessing.

I don't think that is correct. I remember many people were saying in one thread that they guessed on a lot of the math problems and still got above a 90% for that section. But then again I could be wrong...

See, I'm kinda thinking along the lines of PistonFan here... I don't think you have to get that many questions right to make a good score. Seems like people can just run right in there and make out with a half decent score without studying.
I think ~80% correct would translate into a pretty good percentile hah. I mean hell, I screwed up on my kaplan midterm practice test and got like 50%-65% correct and still beat the hell out of my class lol.

Oh the wondering and waiting is the worst, can't wait till this is over. Thanks for the input though, any more would be welcome.

 

[charfdorn]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=631352

Read my last post. I was hoping others would do this too...

 

[diastole]

I think it varies for each section. For example, I ended up with a 92 on both the quant and reading comprehension section and there is no way I missed the same number of questions on both sections. I literally guessed B on somewhere between five and ten questions on the math part. I answered all the questions on reading and had time to ponder my answers. I took both practice exams and I missed way more on quant than on reading on both tests and I don't expect that my test day performance was any different.

Unfortunately, they don't tell you how many questions you missed when they give you your score so there is no way of knowing for sure.