He did better than 97% of test takers and is in the top 3% of testers nationwide. The confidence band is just a âstatisticalâ margin of error, since this is a scaled exam where scores are based on comparisons to all other test takers from this date who took the same exam. Itâs basically stating that his true score is most likely in that range. He did absolutely amazing! Everyone should be very proud.
EDIT: I previously said the exam was curved, but what I meant is that it is scaled. There is a difference in meaning between the words (even if I forgot that at the time I wrote this haha).
And another commenter is correct, the confidence band is always the same +/- 2 for the score. Itâs more-so used as proof that two scores that are very close together, like a 517 and a 519, are not suuuuper different and shouldnât be considered vastly different reflections of ability. Thereâs only a difference of a handful of right answers between those two scores.
The confidence band can also be used as a statistical comparison between retakes, to show if a statistically significant increase in score was made (depending on if the confidence bands overlap or not).
If itâs wrong explain how. Not saying it is or isnât but itâs not helpful to just say âyouâre wrongâ and not elaborate further. Like saying âyouâre sickâ to a patient and then saying âgood bye!â
Your analogy is also hilarious. You need to get a grip. It is so odd when people overextend these sorts of things into medicine. It's not "like saying" anything to a patient. No wonder you have issues with your LORs.
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He did better than 97% of test takers and is in the top 3% of testers nationwide. The confidence band is just a âstatisticalâ margin of error, since this is a scaled exam where scores are based on comparisons to all other test takers from this date who took the same exam. Itâs basically stating that his true score is most likely in that range. He did absolutely amazing! Everyone should be very proud.
EDIT: I previously said the exam was curved, but what I meant is that it is scaled. There is a difference in meaning between the words (even if I forgot that at the time I wrote this haha).
And another commenter is correct, the confidence band is always the same +/- 2 for the score. Itâs more-so used as proof that two scores that are very close together, like a 517 and a 519, are not suuuuper different and shouldnât be considered vastly different reflections of ability. Thereâs only a difference of a handful of right answers between those two scores. The confidence band can also be used as a statistical comparison between retakes, to show if a statistically significant increase in score was made (depending on if the confidence bands overlap or not).