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3rd Trimester: September 2003-December 2003

Arts N = 694	Arts Total	Sociology FSH	Psychology	Funeral Directing	Bus. Law	Funeral Serv. Law	Funeral Serv. Merc.	Accounting
No. of Items	150	21	21	27	24	21	21	15
Mean	78.32	76.95	84.74	76.12	78.07	74.43	76.84	83.01
Median	78.87	75.93	85.70	76.54	76.57	74.28	77.01	85.36
Stand. Dev.	7.23	10.05	8.67	9.00	8.58	10.95	11.16	10.57
S.E.M.	2.53	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Minimum	54.04	48.50	57.13	47.28	50.32	41.28	42.29	45.89
Maximum	95.59	99.93	99.98	99.95	96.98	99.95	100.00	100.00
KR20	.88	.58	.55	.48	.51	.58	.55	**
KR20*	NA	.91	.90	.84	.87	.91	.90	**

Note: All Arts data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
* KR20 adjusted for 150-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.
** Reliabilities not reported for subcategories of less than 20 items.

Sciences N = 749	Sciences Total	Embalming	Restorative Arts	Micro- biology	Pathology	Chemistry	Anatomy	Arts & Sciences N = 629
No. of Items	150	36	36	18	24	18	18	300
Mean	75.92	77.72	80.58	69.81	76.23	72.68	76.86	77.87
Median	76.72	78.90	82.57	68.56	75.59	74.44	73.48	79.00
Stand. Dev.	9.04	12.00	8.96	12.96	11.05	11.49	12.97	7.73
S.E.M.	2.71	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Minimum	46.84	36.68	40.88	28.06	37.09	40.21	37.92	50.50
Maximum	96.64	100.00	97.94	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	96.50
KR20	.91	.74	.68	**	.65	**	**	NA
KR20*	NA	.92	.90	**	.92	**	**	NA

Note: All Sciences data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
* KR20 adjusted for 150-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.
** Reliabilities not reported for subcategories of less than 20 items.

First Time Examinees	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts*	491	389 79.23%	102 20.77%
Sciences	489	357 73.01%	132 26.99%
Arts & Sciences	485	374 77.11%	111 22.89%

* Excludes one examinee that did not indicate status.

Retake	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts*	127	38 29.92%	89 70.08%
Sciences	194	33 17.01%	161 82.99%
Arts & Sciences	89	17 19.10%	72 80.90%

* Excludes one examinee that did not indicate status.

First-Time and Retake Combined	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts	618	427 69.09%	191 30.91%
Sciences	683	390 57.10%	293 42.90%
Arts & Sciences	574	391 68.12%	183 31.88%

2nd Trimester: May 2003-August 2003

Arts N = 694	Arts Total	Sociology FSH	Psychology	Funeral Directing	Bus. Law	Funeral Serv. Law	Funeral Serv. Merc.	Accounting
No. of Items	150	21	21	27	24	21	21	15
Mean	79.41	79.45	87.36	77.68	73.22	81.30	79.29	78.46
Median	80.03	79.84	89.85	79.08	73.40	84.47	80.43	77.30
Stand. Dev.	7.96	9.87	8.38	10.28	9.00	11.24	12.35	11.53
S.E.M.	2.39	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minimum	56.53	43.17	53.18	40.08	46.78	41.52	37.48	41.03
Maximum	97.53	99.84	99.85	100.00	97.07	100.00	99.95	99.96
KR20	.91	.61	.61	.60	.55	.61	.68	**
KR20*	N/A	.92	.92	.89	.88	.92	.94	**

Sciences N = 749	Sciences Total	Embalming	Restorative Arts	Micro- biology	Pathology	Chemistry	Anatomy	Arts & Sciences N = 629
No. of Items	150	36	36	18	24	18	18	300
Mean	76.53	75.51	78.35	77.11	73.15	79.27	76.23	79.00
Median	77.51	76.38	80.00	75.10	73.86	80.38	79.22	80.00
Stand. Dev.	8.94	10.44	9.34	12.08	12.54	10.52	11.46	7.90
S.E.M.	2.68	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minimum	51.70	40.96	48.89	45.94	41.36	45.38	41.72	55.00
Maximum	95.41	99.99	97.78	100.00	99.86	99.83	100.00	95.50
KR20	.91	.71	.69	**	.69	**	**	N/A
KR20*	N/A	.91	.90	**	.93	**	**	N/A

First Time Examinees	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts*	586	472 80.55%	114 19.45%
Sciences	561	418 74.51%	143 25.49%
Arts & Sciences	557	440 78.99%	117 21.01%

* Excludes one examinee that did not indicate status.

Retake	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts*	107	19 17.76%	88 82.24%
Sciences	188	33 17.55%	155 82.45%
Arts & Sciences	72	9 12.50%	63 87.50%

* Excludes one examinee that did not indicate status.

First-Time and Retake Combined	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts	694	491 70.75%	203 29.25%
Sciences	749	451 60.21%	298 39.79%
Arts & Sciences	629	449 71.38%	180 28.62%

1st Trimester: January 2003-April 2003

Arts N = 492	Arts Total	Sociology FSH	Psychology	Funeral Directing	Bus. Law	Funeral Serv. Law	Funeral Serv. Merc.	Accounting
No. of Items	150	21	21	27	24	21	21	15
Mean	80.97	85.72	84.05	77.09	78.17	81.15	80.66	80.41
Median	81.87	87.82	83.18	76.55	79.66	80.39	81.54	80.59
Stand. Dev.	7.68	8.63	9.40	9.38	10.08	9.95	10.55	12.61
S.E.M.	2.46	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minimum	56.08	51.82	53.18	50.22	50.50	45.24	48.54	41.66
Maximum	97.93	99.82	99.85	99.96	100.00	99.91	99.87	100.00
KR20	.90	.64	.62	.53	.63	.51	.63	**
KR20*	N/A	.93	.92	.86	.91	.88	.92	**

Note: All Arts data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
*KR20* adjusted for 150-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.

Science N = 474	Science Total	Embalming	Restorative Arts	Micro- biology	Pathology	Chemistry	Anatomy	Arts & Sciences N = 367
No. of Items	150	36	36	18	24	18	18	300
Mean	76.35	72.18	75.09	75.30	79.29	83.05	76.00	80.03
Median	76.78	73.96	74.95	76.11	79.82	84.75	77.92	81.00
Stand. Dev.	9.15	12.63	10.40	12.43	10.23	11.16	12.66	7.60
S.E.M.	2.75	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minimum	26.91	6.07	24.95	28.11	19.07	21.11	38.42	51.50
Maximum	97.85	100.00	97.87	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.86	97.50
KR20	.91	.74	.72	**	.59	**	**	N/A
KR20*	N/A	.92	.91	**	.90	**	**	N/A

Note: All Sciences data (except KR20) are reported as scaled scores
*KR20* adjusted for 150-item test using the Spearman-Brown Prophecy Formula.

First Time Examinees	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts	328	286 87.20%	42 12.80%
Science	323	240 74.30%	83 25.70%
Arts & Science	322	271 84.16%	51 15.84%

Retake	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts	78	25 32.05%	53 67.95%
Science	151	34 22.52%	117 77.48%
Arts & Science	45	10 22.22%	35 77.78%

First-Time and Retake Combined	Number Examined	Number Passing	Number Failing
Arts	406	311 76.60%	95 23.40%
Science	474	274 57.81%	200 42.19%
Arts & Science	367	281 76.57%	86 23.43%

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