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[glk2101]

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In barrons it says for the PAT 15 questions out of 90 are not graded..anyone know if this is true, and does this apply to the other sections of the DAT as well?

and when they say 15/90 im assuming its a few from each section?

 

[doc3232]

In barrons it says for the PAT 15 questions out of 90 are not graded..anyone know if this is true, and does this apply to the other sections of the DAT as well?

and when they say 15/90 im assuming its a few from each section?

Ya, I have heard this before. I think the number is 15 or very close to it.

I am wondering the same thing: does this apply for the Bio section and other sciences?
That could explain why people do better than expected for those sections.

 

[glk2101]

thats right..i can remember at least five or six people saying they thought they bombed the bio and ended up with 19 or a 20

 

[sunshine222]

I'd be really surprised if some of the questions were thrown out, although it's possible. It probably has more to do with the grading scale being weighted towards lower scores - you can miss a quarter of the bio questions and still get a 19, but missing just one question will drop you from a perfect score to a 26.

http://ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/dat_estimate_score.pdf