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Zginder 2008-04-17T18:43Z (UTC)
ACT (examination)[edit]
- Can you please stop reverting ACT (examination). Zginder 2008-04-17T18:48Z (UTC)
First of all, the Princeton Review is a horrible guide for the ACT, so I would not use their chart. You cannot place exact values for conversions between the tests, so a range is much better. If you feel a conversion chart is necessary, use the EXACT same conversion chart that is on the SAT wiki page and CREATE A NEW SECTION for the conversion chart. That seems very reasonable. The percentiles between the two tests do not match up exactly, so you need to make a new section, and not group everything together. Copy the conversion table from wiki SAT, and keep the percentile table that was there before yours. Second of all it IS STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to be in the 100th percentile for anything unless you are number one. Number one does not include ties at scores of 36, and certainly does not have scores of 35 and 34 in the 100th percentile. You have also not cited your percentile rankings. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redskins2k9 (talk • contribs) 21:32, 17 April 2008 (UTC) -Redskins2k9
- I apologize. I read that same pdf and completely missed those percentages. However it is still statistically impossible for anyone to be in the 100th percentile as I stated above. I do not know why the ACT reports the upper percentiles this way, as it diminishes the accuracy of a 99+ score. The old percentiles were much more specific and play closer along the lines of the SAT as well. For right now, I guess I will live with your changes.