Thoughts?

[godzilla]

Originally Posted by actuarygal

I have also heard from those involved with the grading process that if you are close to the pass mark and they are determining whether or not a paper passes, those candidates who have a broader knowledge of the syllabus (aka perform evenly across the questions) will have a higher chance of passing than those who do really well on some questions and terribly on others.

Thus I would have to disagree with you and say that if you could only answer half the questions well, you have less of a chance of passing. But it also depends on the benchmark and how everyone else did relative to you. In any case, trying to determine the likelihood of passing at this point is a crap shoot at best.

But that higher likelihood of passing would be due to the possibility that you lose points on questions that you are on the upper extreme but aren't likely to gain points on the bottom extreme. If two candidates have the same total of points then both would receive the same passing or non-passing score.

[Bballry1234]

Originally Posted by godzilla

But that higher likelihood of passing would be due to the possibility that you lose points on questions that you are on the upper extreme but aren't likely to gain points on the bottom extreme. If two candidates have the same total of points then both would receive the same passing or non-passing score.

I agree with Godzilla, but I have no basis for it. I mean, let's say a candidate has 56 points except missed question 4 completely, costing them 4 points.

Let's also say we have candidate 2 who has 56 points but missed 9 points total on question 3. How do you compare those candidates? It's impossible.

The overall per question success by all candidates is used in the benchmark, according to the "guide" but I don't think that applies to individual candidate's questions, just their aggregate point total. The guide does say that if you fail you can see your per question results in relation to other students

[Abused Student]

What if you have a candidate that has 56 points but got them all on 5 questions and didn't even attempt the rest?

I have no basis for knowing but I would think they would be compared differently than someone that got 56 spread throughout the exam. Ok, I guess that is what I think SHOULD happen but since when is any of this logical.

[2pac Shakur]

What does the PAK say?

[Bballry1234]

Originally Posted by Abused Student

What if you have a candidate that has 56 points but got them all on 5 questions and didn't even attempt the rest?

I have no basis for knowing but I would think they would be compared differently than someone that got 56 spread throughout the exam. Ok, I guess that is what I think SHOULD happen but since when is any of this logical.

Who knows? Besides, what's the difference of "attempting" a question vs. not attempting if you're attempt is poor (<10% of points let's say). As a grader, I wouldn't be like "This man smarter because he brain dump for long time" (insert caveman accent here)

I attempted them all, so I'm not worried. What I am worried about is my partial credit on the EV question, 7702 question, and the confidence interval question haha. I think if I failed it would be only due to my writing abilities, perhaps not explaining well enough.
I saw that blerb about the "verb" tense being correct in the guide. I know that near the end of the exam I started slashing out phrases without verbs, so will I get points for it? Who knows..

[Abused Student]

Originally Posted by Bballry1234

Who knows? Besides, what's the difference of "attempting" a question vs. not attempting if you're attempt is poor (<10% of points let's say). As a grader, I wouldn't be like "This man smarter because he brain dump for long time" (insert caveman accent here)

I attempted them all, so I'm not worried. What I am worried about is my partial credit on the EV question, 7702 question, and the confidence interval question haha. I think if I failed it would be only due to my writing abilities, perhaps not explaining well enough.
I saw that blerb about the "verb" tense being correct in the guide. I know that near the end of the exam I started slashing out phrases without verbs, so will I get points for it? Who knows..

I don't know that there is a difference or that it matters. It is all water under the bridge for this exam I hope. I am just not sure it matters.

I attempting everything although I know the Black Scholes formula I will get very little points on. The MVM portion I will get very little points on. The confidence interval I will get a few points on. It was more a thought on what if.

[DanielSong39]

Looks like my number is there! Now I'm hoping it'll still be there tomorrow.

Bballry1234, I really hope you passed. Same goes for everyone else who took the exam.

[Bballry1234]

Originally Posted by DanielSong39

Looks like my number is there! Now I'm hoping it'll still be there tomorrow.

Bballry1234, I really hope you passed. Same goes for everyone else who took the exam.

I did, assuming the "list" is correct. If my name wasn't on it tomorrow, I might throw up in my mouth. I already told all my friend I passed, so we'll see haha

EDIT: I see the SOA posted the real list? WTF, at least we got it a day early!