How is the DAT scored and do they make new questions every day?

[Illini0909]

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Just a couple of questions. When you take the DAT, is everyone DATs the same that day or does everyone have different versions? How often do they change up the DAT? And is the DAT "curved" if it is harder than other versions?

 

[ajhalls3]

They will come up with new questions, but not on a regular basis, each question has to go through a vetting process to decide if it is a "good" question. On boards, they would have I think 20 questions they were "testing" that didn't count against you if you got it wrong, but you could get points for getting it right. That probably happens on a lesser degree to the DAT as well. Your raw score will not take the "curve" into account but your percentile will.

 

[Illini0909]

The percentile will be based on what? the results of the people who took the same test version as you? the results of the people who took the test the same day as you? thanks

 

[Illini0909]

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[ajhalls3]

The percentile will be based on what? the results of the people who took the same test version as you? the results of the people who took the test the same day as you? thanks

Same test within a specific time frame, perhaps a week, maybe for that cycle.