adeelmd
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just curious, are all questions worth equal points??? I mean if someone gets a "hard" test and get 50% is that equal to getting 70% right on an "easy" test. I know nbme doesn't release percentages... but i think that all step one's are created equal... are they???
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| Malaysian
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I think each exam set already has its internal scoring scheme.....so I suppose that on a hard set if someone scores 50 then it equals to lets say 80 on an easy set.I guess thats why they report the 2 digit figure for the standardization whereas the 3 digit score is the one specific for your performance for your exam you sat for which doesn't have as much significance as the 2 digit score.
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| adeelmd
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the three digit has more significance in America... (first aid) and they pretty much correlate with each other... I've never heard of a 240/90 or 200/96... they are pretty much stuck together.. ie your two digit and three digit scores are introconvertable... 75 is always = to whatever the passing score is at the moment; whenever they change the passing three digit, then the correlation will change albeit slightly...
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| collins
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all tests have an equal mix of easy and difficult questions..and the scores mean more to IMG's than american/canadian grads..
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| adeelmd
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i called up nbme and asked them, apparently, all questions within a test are equal points, but some tests are easier than others... ie, i person can get only 60% right in one hard test and still pass, but another person might need to get 70% of the questions to pass on an easy test. Since these are two extremes i would think most of our tests are within the 62-67% range....
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| water lilly
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Hi,
i m also from chicago...& took step 1 on december 21st..still waiting for my result......
good luck for result
kanwal
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