It seems DAT scoring changed

[Kobebucsfan]

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I have a lot of books about the DAT but they r from 2009.

and for Biology section, if you get 31/40 questions right, that is a 20 score on DAT.

But I guess now (2011), if u get 31/40 that is a 18 DAT score



Is this true ?

 

[dentalWorks]

I have a lot of books about the DAT but they r from 2009.

and for Biology section, if you get 31/40 questions right, that is a 20 score on DAT.

But I guess now (2011), if u get 31/40 that is a 18 DAT score



Is this true ?

its always been like that...no?
I remember back in 2009, missing 5-6 biology questions and your down to a 20..... I don't think thats changed much.

The only place that I believe will chance is QR. The calculator was introduced in early 2010 (March?), I bet QR averages have gone up

 

[lnngu]

its always been like that...no?
I remember back in 2009, missing 5-6 biology questions and your down to a 20..... I don't think thats changed much.

The only place that I believe will chance is QR. The calculator was introduced in early 2010 (March?), I bet QR averages have gone up

This is pretty sad, but I had no idea that a calculator was available.... I long-handed everything ><

 

[dentalWorks]

This is pretty sad, but I had no idea that a calculator was available.... I long-handed everything ><

its funny.... because before the calculator, everyone hated the QR and complained about the calculations took forever.

After the calculator was introduced.... many are still complaining that the calculator buttons respond too slow lol

 

[JonNCSU08]

The calculator is horrible, it will slow you down and the bio section is the same, no change.

 

[mfoti1]

Lol, sorry but, what does QR stand for

 

[lmaozedong1]

Lol, sorry but, what does QR stand for

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=QR+DAT

 

[mfoti1]

hahah thats awesome... Quantative Reasoning! whatever that means!!

what program is that, thats hilarious

 

[JonNCSU08]

Math

 

[glo1984]

my foot is continually leaving me speechless.

 

[txaggie03]

from the wiki page:


"The mean (average) score for any scored section is set at 17. Scores above and below this represent fractions of standard deviations from the mean. This probabilistic scoring system results in the maximum not occurring for the compiled section scores (natural sciences and academic average) in a given year. For example, in 2003 a 25 academic average was labeled as 100.0th percentile, such that less than 8 people received this score, and none higher (approximately 8,000 people take the DAT per year)."


source

 

[Kobebucsfan]

its always been like that...no?
I remember back in 2009, missing 5-6 biology questions and your down to a 20..... I don't think thats changed much.

The only place that I believe will chance is QR. The calculator was introduced in early 2010 (March?), I bet QR averages have gone up

i have the 2009 paid DAT and on the last pae is a raw score conversion. It says 31-32 is a score of 20 on BIO.


on the bottom though, it says these r only estimates for this test. whatever that means

 

[AwesomeTeeth]

You really shouldn't look at it as the number you get right as indicative of your score. It's more or less dependent on how everyone else does on the test and is based on percentiles. Those practice tests just have estimations for what the Kaplan/whoever think the average would be based on their studies.

Morale of the story? Just do your best and you'll get a good score.

 

[yangwang]

i have the 2009 paid DAT and on the last pae is a raw score conversion. It says 31-32 is a score of 20 on BIO.


on the bottom though, it says these r only estimates for this test. whatever that means

It just means that every test is scaled differently.

ADA changing the test will have little to no effect on test takers, because it's not just YOU who will have a harder scale, everyone will be graded harder.

 

[Kobebucsfan]

im still having trouble understanding this. so there isn't a clear cut scale as to how many u get right = correct score ?

so the scale changes depending on difficulty of exam ?



sorry if im sounding dumb

 

[JonNCSU08]

that is correct kobe. some tests are scaled differently depending on the difficulty. There may be a DAT with a difficult bio section where 29 or 30/40 will be a 20 vs an easier test where there cut off is a 31 or 32/40.

 

[glo1984]

im still having trouble understanding this. so there isn't a clear cut scale as to how many u get right = correct score ?

so the scale changes depending on difficulty of exam ?



sorry if im sounding dumb

It is based entirely on the test version you take and the relative score against your other peers. There is a reason why you receive a percentile score. Also, practice tests approximate your score based on collected data.