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Are there really experimental passages on the MCAT that don't count against you? Perhaps one of those organic passages ........ . . . .. . . . . . . .
Yes. I think most standardized tests put these in to determine which questions are good and which are bad.bobby_chamo said:Are there really experimental passages on the MCAT that don't count against you? Perhaps one of those organic passages ........ . . . .. . . . . . . .
The specifics I do not know, but they would have to have experimental passages too in order to test the validity of the passage.derf said:do you mean experimental questions within "different" passages or 1 "single" passage that is experimental?
Cerberus said:I dont understand though. The MCAT does not recycle passages right? So what use would an experimental passage be since it could never be used again?
Andrew_Doan said:They have to validate if it's an appropriate question. For instance, if a passage doesn't produce a nice distribution of responses, then it may not be used.
Are you sure they don't recycle passages? When I took the exam, there were many questions that were similar to other questions I studied from.