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    All About T-Score

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      coolit
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      Thanks verykiasu2010, your explanation is superbly clear. Where do you get this information?


      So I can say that if the papers are all relatively easier, the average is higher but the high scores are lower?

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        coolit:
        Thanks verykiasu2010, your explanation is superbly clear. Where do you get this information?


        So I can say that if the papers are all relatively easier, the average is higher but the high scores are lower?
        the explanation can be found all over internet. the para I copied has been credited to wiki, referenced above

        you are right to say that easy paper -->high average --> low t-score

        assume everyone in the cohort gets 100% for all 4 subjects : mean = 100, variance = zero, SD = zero, t-score for each subject = 50, max t-score for the psle = 200 when everyone gets 100% for all subjects

        presently NYPS website also has a complete explanation with ppt for the PSLE t-score calculation. download it for your record and use.

        http://www.nyps.moe.edu.sg/News/P6%20T%20score%5B1%5D.pps

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          coolit
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          I see thanks verykiasu2010, I did not know this information was so widely available.

          I am much clearer about this after reading the info you have given.

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            vlim
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            verykiasu2010:
            coolit:

            Thanks verykiasu2010, your explanation is superbly clear. Where do you get this information?


            So I can say that if the papers are all relatively easier, the average is higher but the high scores are lower?

            the explanation can be found all over internet. the para is copied has been credited to wiki, referenced above

            you are right to say that easy paper -->high average --> low t-score

            assume everyone in the cohort gets 100% for all 4 subjects : mean = 100, variance = zero, SD = zero, t-score for each subject = 50, max t-score for the psle = 200 when everyone gets 100% for all subjects

            presently NYPS website also has a complete explanation with ppt for the PSLE t-score calculation. download it for your record and use.

            http://www.nyps.moe.edu.sg/News/P6%20T%20score%5B1%5D.pps

            Oic .... But if i get 200 t score with perfect raw scores ... I wouldnt feel Gd.
            :skeptical: ..must get 300 t score ma πŸ˜‰

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              verykiasu2010
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              coolit:
              I see thanks verykiasu2010, I did not know this information was so widely available.

              I am much clearer about this after reading the info you have given.
              credit must be given to the principal of NUSH - he is the one who devised the t-score formula, so i heard

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                verykiasu2010
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                vlim:
                verykiasu2010:

                [quote=\"coolit\"]Thanks verykiasu2010, your explanation is superbly clear. Where do you get this information?


                So I can say that if the papers are all relatively easier, the average is higher but the high scores are lower?

                the explanation can be found all over internet. the para is copied has been credited to wiki, referenced above

                you are right to say that easy paper -->high average --> low t-score

                assume everyone in the cohort gets 100% for all 4 subjects : mean = 100, variance = zero, SD = zero, t-score for each subject = 50, max t-score for the psle = 200 when everyone gets 100% for all subjects

                presently NYPS website also has a complete explanation with ppt for the PSLE t-score calculation. download it for your record and use.

                http://www.nyps.moe.edu.sg/News/P6%20T%20score%5B1%5D.pps

                Oic .... But if i get 200 t score with perfect raw scores ... I wouldnt feel Gd.
                :skeptical: ..must get 300 t score ma πŸ˜‰[/quote]if the papers are super tough, everyone else score less than 10% and your ds scores near 100%, his t-score will be in the 10s thousand or more

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                  vlim
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                  Huh ... More then 300 t score u mean, vk2010? Tts cool :imcool: .. Will dream on hahaaaa πŸ˜‰

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                    verykiasu2010
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                    vlim:
                    Huh ... More then 300 t score u mean, vk2010? Tts cool :imcool: .. Will dream on hahaaaa πŸ˜‰

                    you actually don't need to work extra hard to achieve that. just wish everyone else do badly, very badly, and your t-score will be higher

                    t-score = transformed score. it is a ranking measurement, not an indication of how many marks you scored

                    I used to mistakenly think that max is 300; but if you play with the formula, there is no max, and in extreme cases, it can be more than 10 or 20 thousand for t-score...but given the cohort size and the normal distribution characteristics of any cohort's performance, it hardly reaches above 295

                    my DS used to say he was aiming for 303....aim only haha

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                      vlim
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                      verykiasu2010:
                      vlim:

                      Huh ... More then 300 t score u mean, vk2010? Tts cool :imcool: .. Will dream on hahaaaa πŸ˜‰


                      I used to mistakenly think that max is 300; but if you play with the formula, there is no max, and in extreme cases, it can be more than 10 or 20 thousand for t-score...but given the cohort size and the normal distribution characteristics of any cohort's performance, it hardly reaches above 295

                      my DS used to say he was aiming for 303....aim only haha

                      Ya if got such abnormal Case which mean very difficult papers .... Many parents would make noise Liao :rant: .. I think moe would not allow tt to happen πŸ˜‰

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                        Paddy Field
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                        Hi all,


                        I m just curious on the grading for higher MT. All I know is Distinction, Merit or Pass. But do they based solely on raw scores? If so, what is the mark range for D, M and P?

                        Sorry … But I m super blur on this.

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