How are the DAT scores calculated

[mepstein]

Is the AA a simple mean rounded to the nearest whole number from the TS, Reading, and QR sectios? or is TS more heavily weighted. How many questions are on each page of the screen when taking the actual DAT?

thanks dudes

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[Gurl21]

These are good questions, does anybody know the answer? 😕

 

[Typo]

This is how I understand it: Your AA average score is dependent on the number of total questions you answer correctly, not including the PAT. So, for example, out of 190 questions (100 Science, 50 RC, 40 QR), if you get 170 right, that might be a 23. If you get 140-150 right, that might be a 20 (the actual score is going to depend on which version of the test you're taking, and how others did compared to you).

This means that your Science score will count more toward your final AA than the other sections, based on the sheer number of questions in that section.

The TS (Total Science) score is calculated in the same way: how many questions you got right out of 100, compared to other people who took the test.

In other words, the score isn't an average of your other scores, but is calculated based on the number of problems you got right. This means that each question, whether it is from Science or RC or QR, is going to have equal weight toward your AA. This is also why a higher Biology score will contribute more to your TS score than G. Chem or O. Chem - there are simply more questions in the Biology section.

 

[DMD_hopeful]

Is the AA a simple mean rounded to the nearest whole number from the TS, Reading, and QR sectios? or is TS more heavily weighted. How many questions are on each page of the screen when taking the actual DAT?

thanks dudes

The AA is a simple average of BIO, ORG, Chem, Reading and QR

TS is the "scaled score" of the Bio, Org and Chem sections

All others sections are scaled scores.

 

[Typo]

The AA is a simple average of BIO, ORG, Chem, Reading and QR

TS is the "scaled score" of the Bio, Org and Chem sections

All others sections are scaled scores.

Hmmm . . . I think you're right, I may have been wrong about the AA. I guess that's why they have the word "average" in it. 🙂

 

[Sprgrover]

Is the AA a simple mean rounded to the nearest whole number from the TS, Reading, and QR sectios? or is TS more heavily weighted. How many questions are on each page of the screen when taking the actual DAT?

thanks dudes

Only one question is displayed at a time. As far as scoring is concerned, it's rumored that a room full of monkeys in Nova Scotia use a Magic 8 Ball to determine your score...okay, I'm joking. Seriously though, your answers are compared against others taking the same test during a given time frame and your percentile and score are reflected in this. If you miss ten questions you are not going to get a 20 (more like a 16) and each section and it's associated score is a bit different (as far as how many questions you can miss and wind up with score 'X').

 

[joy2dmd]

Only one question is displayed at a time. As far as scoring is concerned, it's rumored that a room full of monkeys in Nova Scotia use a Magic 8 Ball to determine your score...okay, I'm joking. Seriously though, your answers are compared against others taking the same test during a given time frame and your percentile and score are reflected in this. If you miss ten questions you are not going to get a 20 (more like a 16) and each section and it's associated score is a bit different (as far as how many questions you can miss and wind up with score 'X').

The directions the monkeys use are in the back of the DAT test booklet. There you will find the exact way and explaination of how the scores are calculated and even a sample scaled score chart.