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yutzyj · #3 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by hunter2115

I just completed the 1st of the 2 ECE Ethics practice exams and wonder if anyone can shed some light on my results. My score was 64 of 100 points.

My statistical result shows 88.73 percentile, with a mean % of 43.72%. What exactly do these results tell me? I'm wondering how this score might result if this were my score on the actual exam. I wish they would give a letter grade- at least I would know if I would have received a C or not. Would a 64/100 translate into a D and therefore a failure on the actual exam?

EC exam grading seems much less straightforward then CLEP or DSST results. Any help is appreciated!

well, i think it says that the average (mean) score was 43.72%. from your information i'm not sure if that average is the actual percentage that people scored on the test (such as you scored a 64% as an actual percentage) or it is the statistical score saying that the average person scored higher than only 43.72% of everyone taking this test (scores skewed to the left). i'm assuming that your statistical score of 88.73 percentile interprets as you scored higher than 88.73% of the people taking this test which would be 1.21 standard deviations above the norm. as you stated, there is no way to gauge what a passing score is. will the mean score mean passing to excelsior? (yes, i like puns.) will your 64% actual score which puts you in the 88% be passing? i think they didn't give you enough information. oh, n=population, the number of people that they gathered information on, 71 people. maybe someone better at statistics has a better answer for you. i'm still trying to put it all together for statistics, so i'm not sure how right this information is that i gave you.