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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: Zebra on August 10, 2011, 06:44:08 pm

Title: study score
Post by: Zebra on August 10, 2011, 06:44:08 pm

is it raw 40+ or scaled score 40+ that shows you were in the top 9%??

Title: Re: study score
Post by: jane1234 on August 10, 2011, 06:51:51 pm

Raw.

Title: Re: study score
Post by: Zebra on August 10, 2011, 06:59:47 pm

hey jane can you please give me any vcaa info that states that its raw... cuz i really need it...
I can't find it on vcaa website..

Title: Re: study score
Post by: jane1234 on August 10, 2011, 07:05:57 pm

http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/schooladmin/handbook/2011/AdminHand2011-PartC.pdf

"The normalised scores are then converted to a scale with a mean of 30 and standard deviation of 7"

If you calculate that using normal probability you'll find that 40+ is approximately 8-9%

VCAA are not responsible for scaling, that's VTAC I'm pretty sure.

Title: Re: study score
Post by: Zebra on August 10, 2011, 07:10:30 pm

okay thanks so much! (i'm having this pointless discussion with a mate who's got no clue...)