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3rd Trimester: September 2001-December 2001

Arts
N = 576
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 81.05 85.20 87.23 81.52 77.56 78.75 79.81 76.17
Median 81.34 86.32 87.54 82.74 78.28 78.81 80.67 76.84
Stand. Dev. 6.35 7.17 7.16 7.82 7.53 8.79 9.14 9.66
S.E.M. 1.80 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Minimum 61.51 63.01 54.16 55.00 51.28 43.67 50.20 46.12
Maximum 96.44 99.92 100.00 98.34 99.88 97.56 99.86 97.32
KR20 .92 .67 .67 .68 .61 .63 .68 .65
KR20* N/A .94 .94 .92 .91 .92 .94 .95

Note: All Arts data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
*KR20* adjusted for 250-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.

Science
N = 609
Science
Total
Embalming Restorative
Arts
Micro-
biology
Pathology Chemistry Anatomy Arts &
Sciences
N = 506
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 75.30 74.32 79.54 74.52 73.88 73.23 73.08 79.09
Median 74.64 74.31 79.81 75.25 74.91 72.34 73.52 79.06
Stand. Dev. 8.31 9.70 8.24 10.06 11.00 10.87 11.49 6.76
S.E.M. 2.03 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Minimum 50.61 42.46 49.41 48.45 42.18 24.84 20.85 57.10
Maximum 94.61 94.02 97.55 99.82 98.01 97.34 97.22 94.40
KR20 .94 .76 .78 .72 .79 .69 .71 N/A
KR20* N/A .93 .94 .96 .96 .95 .95 N/A

Note: All Sciences data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
*KR20* adjusted for 250-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 441 405
91.84%
36
8.16%
Science 413 291
70.46%
122
29.54%
Arts & Science 410 352
85.85%
58
14.15%

2nd Trimester: May 2001-August 2001

Arts
N = 733
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 78.67 86.67 81.24 77.07 76.19 77.57 75.32 74.69
Median 79.94 86.96 82.31 78.28 76.94 79.28 77.67 76.75
Stand. Dev. 8.23 8.03 8.42 9.73 9.04 9.51 12.23 13.53
S.E.M. 1.84 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Minimum 52.12 60.56 54.72 49.13 52.09 40.42 37.56 27.11
Maximum 96.81 100.00 98.09 98.33 98.24 97.56 99.96 100.00
KR20 .95 .74 .70 .73 .73 .69 .80 .80
KR20* N/A .95 .94 .94 .94 .94 .97 .98

Note: All Arts data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
*KR20* adjusted for 250-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.

Science
N = 770
Science
Total
Embalming Restorative
Arts
Micro-
biology
Pathology Chemistry Anatomy Arts &
Sciences
N = 687
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 77.45 75.22 79.47 77.10 78.94 73.18 80.22 78.74
Median 78.14 76.56 80.14 78.62 80.64 73.18 82.13 79.82
Stand. Dev. 9.06 11.67 9.41 9.60 10.17 10.68 12.18 8.14
S.E.M. 2.03 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Minimum 46.11 31.10 46.39 45.49 22.89 30.01 23.86 50.96
Maximum 95.39 97.10 98.89 99.92 99.89 97.68 99.86 95.36
KR20 .95 .85 .83 .67 .78 .73 .79 N/A
KR20* N/A .96 .95 .94 .96 .96 .97 N/A

Note: All Sciences data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
*KR20* adjusted for 250-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 627 485
77.35%
142
22.65%
Science 602 459
76.25%
143
23.75%
Arts & Science 601 475
79.03%
126
20.97%

1st Trimester: January 2001-April 2001

Arts
N = 396
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 80.29 83.03 85.60 80.91 79.44 77.83 79.44 73.48
Median 81.23 84.39 86.36 80.48 79.22 78.30 81.68 72.77
Stand. Dev. 7.12 8.00 7.73 8.72 8.63 9.51 10.11 10.24
S.E.M. 1.88
KR20 .93 .94 .95 .93 .94 .94 .95 .95
Minimum 59.18 54.82 55.27 55.60 48.82 41.38 42.83 51.01
Maximum 96.48 98.19 99.96 98.26 100.00 100.00 97.68 97.25

Science
N = 441
Science
Total
Embalming Restorative
Arts
Micro-
biology
Pathology Chemistry Anatomy The
NBE
N = 362
No. of Items 250 60 60 30 40 30 30 500
Mean 75.78 74.33 77.58 73.03 78.05 73.80 76.38 78.86
Median 76.00 73.69 78.74 72.27 78.43 74.26 76.89 79.88
Stand. Dev. 8.45 10.72 8.98 10.08 9.39 10.41 11.21 7.49
S.E.M. 2.07
KR20 .94 .94 .94 .96 .94 .96 .96 NA
Minimum 47.56 34.94 44.07 46.97 48.80 32.26 25.56 59.26
Maximum 93.98 96.94 97.40 97.57 98.18 97.60 97.42 94.93

First Time Examinees Number Examined Number Passing Number Failing
Arts 308 272
88.3%
36
11.7%
Science 305 231
75.7%
74
24.3%
Arts & Science 304 259
85.2%
45
14.8%


 
 
 
 
 
   

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