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2000 Composite Results

Arts
N = 1887		 Arts
Total		 Sociology Psychology Funeral
Directing		 Bus. Law Funeral
Serv. Law		 Funeral
Serv. Merc.		 Accounting
No. of Items 250 35 35 45 40 35 35 25
Mean 80.82 85.23 85.39 82.24 77.98 80.21 78.54 74.45

Science
N = 2124		 Science
Total		 Embalming Restorative
Arts		 Micro-
biology 		Pathology Chemistry Anatomy The
NBE
N = 1736
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 77.12 75.81 79.31 75.90 78.20 75.63 75.74 79.75

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 1566 1375
87.8% 		191
12.2%
Science 1504 1167
77.6% 		337
22.4%
Arts & Science 1499 1255
83.7% 		244
16.3%

3rd Trimester: September 2000-December 2000

Arts
N = 629		 Arts
Total		 Sociology Psychology Funeral
Directing		 Bus. Law Funeral
Serv. Law		 Funeral
Serv. Merc.		 Accounting
No. of Items 250 35 35 45 40 35 35 25
Mean 80.33 85.01 85.08 80.80 76.78 80.01 77.75 74.80
Median 81.17 86.60 86.16 81.43 76.92 79.80 78.76 74.06
Stand. Dev. 6.87 7.72 8.08 8.18 8.17 8.98 9.45 9.47
S.E.M. 1.82
KR20 .93 .94 .95 .93 .93 .94 .94 .95
Minimum 56.35 57.89 54.62 54.41 48.52 50.45 45.96 48.06
Maximum 95.19 100.00 99.96 98.32 96.44 97.85 99.85 97.46

Science
N = 676		 Science
Total		 Embalming Restorative
Arts		 Micro-
biology 		Pathology Chemistry Anatomy The
NBE
N = 555
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 77.08 76.70 78.81 75.34 79.81 75.26 73.10 79.68
Median 77.32 76.90 79.70 75.21 80.58 76.65 73.09 80.54
Stand. Dev. 8.70 9.91 8.74 11.48 9.85 10.51 12.70 7.37
S.E.M. 1.95
KR20 .95 .94 .94 .96 .95 .96 .96 NA
Minimum 52.67 43.17 48.04 45.61 49.38 48.65 27.19 56.09
Maximum 96.28 95.30 97.44 99.88 100.00 97.65 100.00 95.29

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 500 449
89.8% 		51
10.2%
Science 469 382
81.5% 		87
18.5%
Arts & Science 466 401
86.0% 		65
14.0%

2nd Trimester: May 2000-August 2000

Arts
N = 855		 Arts
Total		 Sociology Psychology Funeral
Directing		 Bus. Law Funeral
Serv. Law		 Funeral
Serv. Merc.		 Accounting
No. of Items 250 35 35 45 40 35 35 25
Mean 82.05 87.16 85.43 80.00 79.67 81.04 81.14 79.17
Median 82.97 88.18 87.70 80.14 79.42 81.08 83.49 80.55
Stand. Dev. 7.63 8.38 8.43 8.71 8.14 10.48 10.80 10.69
S.E.M. 1.87
KR20 .94 .95 .95 .93 .94 .95 .96 .96
Minimum 52.37 56.18 51.18 51.34 50.52 40.76 31.95 36.39
Maximum 96.47 100.00 99.87 99.94 98.12 100.00 99.89 99.87

Science
N = 954		 Science
Total		 Embalming Restorative
Arts		 Micro-
biology 		Pathology Chemistry Anatomy The
NBE
N = 809
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 79.55 78.29 81.22 79.26 79.74 77.88 79.88 81.37
Median 80.38 79.78 82.10 79.79 80.92 78.30 79.81 82.46
Stand. Dev. 8.51 10.15 9.36 10.16 9.66 10.36 10.55 7.76
S.E.M. 2.08
KR20 .94 .94 .95 .95 .95 .96 .96 NA
Minimum 48.78 42.58 48.74 44.33 46.72 44.70 41.81 52.79
Maximum 96.81 93.38 98.79 100.00 99.92 99.90 100.00 95.42

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 747 652
87.3% 		95
12.7%
Science 720 591
82.1% 		129
17.9%
Arts & Science 719 618
86.0% 		101
14.0%

1st Trimester: January 2000-April 2000

Arts
N = 403		 Arts
Total		 Sociology Psychology Funeral
Directing		 Bus. Law Funeral
Serv. Law		 Funeral
Serv. Merc.		 Accounting
No. of Items 250 35 35 45 40 35 35 25
Mean 80.07 83.52 85.67 80.48 77.50 79.58 76.83 74.21
Median 80.34 84.85 86.14 80.87 77.30 80.71 76.83 75.19
Stand. Dev. 7.27 8.27 7.71 7.87 8.74 9.97 11.15 11.81
S.E.M. 1.92
KR20 .93 .95 .94 .92 .93 .94 .96 .96
Minimum 48.12 54.86 56.14 41.01 45.00 30.31 39.80 28.39
Maximum 94.93 98.05 100.00 98.21 96.30 97.51 99.97 100.00

Science
N = 494		 Science
Total		 Embalming Restorative
Arts		 Micro-
biology 		Pathology Chemistry Anatomy The
NBE
N = 372
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 74.72 72.44 77.89 73.09 75.05 73.75 74.24 78.19
Median 74.76 72.11 78.07 72.85 76.74 74.64 74.30 78.53
Stand. Dev. 7.85 9.63 8.30 9.99 10.39 9.69 11.55 7.17
S.E.M. 2.07
KR20 .93 .91 .93 .94 .95 .94 .95 NA
Minimum 40.00 34.91 40.86 40.78 32.47 40.14 40.94 54.48
Maximum 92.46 93.81 98.61 97.51 97.92 97.64 99.97 96.69

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 319 274
85.9% 		45
14.1%
Science 315 194
61.6% 		121
38.4%
Arts & Science 314 236
75.2% 		78
24.8%

 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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