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How can you tell if a test is easry or hard by the scale?

Post by itachiuchiha » Thu May 02, 2013 1:45 pm

I am trying to figure out whether pt24 was easy or hard or average.

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Re: How can you tell if a test is easry or hard by the scale?

Post by ManOfTheMinute » Thu May 02, 2013 1:52 pm

itachiuchiha wrote:I am trying to figure out whether pt24 was easy or hard or average.
it's one test, it doesn't matter. it's way too old to be relevant beyond just practice taking the LSAT in general - either way it's not gonna be indicative of the actual LSAT you're gonna take

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Re: How can you tell if a test is easry or hard by the scale?

Post by objection_your_honor » Thu May 02, 2013 2:55 pm

A "hard" test will compensate with a more generous curve. An "easy" test will have a stricter curve. The end result is all tests are generally at the same level of difficulty.

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Re: How can you tell if a test is easry or hard by the scale?

Post by RhymesLikeDimes » Thu May 02, 2013 3:14 pm

With the exception of PT 59, I've really never noticed any variation in difficulty. The difference between your standard -8 and -10 curves is going to be virtually negligible as you go through the test.

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Re: How can you tell if a test is easry or hard by the scale?

Post by wtrc » Thu May 02, 2013 4:44 pm

RhymesLikeDimes wrote:With the exception of PT 59, I've really never noticed any variation in difficulty. The difference between your standard -8 and -10 curves is going to be virtually negligible as you go through the test.
You find 59 harder than usual?

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Post by 03152016 » Fri May 03, 2013 1:40 am

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