John Caron, MBA, PMP, CSMVP - Technology Project Solutions Consultant| Bank of AmericaJacksonville, Fl, United States
I know a person who tested earlier today and received the following "scores". Moderately Proficient in four domains and Below in Planning. My perspective is this tester may have just barely answered enough to obtain Moderately Proficient in the four domains and score very low in Planning to have failed the exam.
While I know Planning constitutes approximately 24% of the exam, is it still valid that a passing score is 62? I'm curious if any person knows any person who had four Moderately Proficient which resulted in a failure of the exam.
John Caron, MBA, PMP, CSMVP - Technology Project Solutions Consultant| Bank of AmericaJacksonville, Fl, United States
Jun 22, 2016 6:07 AM
Replying to Anupam
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This is what you get as a printed document from PROMETRIC after the PMP Exam
Understanding Your Exam Results
Your exam results are reported in two ways:
1. An overall pass/fail result score is generated based on the number of questions you answered correctly.
2. The second level of results is the assignment of one of three proficiency levels to each domain.
• Each domain is assigned one of three levels of proficiency - Proficient, Moderately Proficient and Below Proficient - based on the number of questions answered correctly within the domain.
• This provides direction about where your strengths and weaknesses fall.
PMI defines the levels of “proficiency” as follows:
Proficient - indicates performance is above the average level of knowledge in this domain.
Moderately Proficient - indicates performance that is at the average level of knowledge in this domain.
Below Proficient - indicates performance is below the average level of knowledge in this domain.
Anupam,
You are correct in your reply, the mention is what a person receives from the PROMETRIC testing center however, it fails to mention the method it uses for "grading" an individuals pass/fail.
Markus provided a phenomenal link that genuinely explains the test scores and I wish the PMI would include a one paragraph statement to explain the results. I'm sure my friend is not the only person who has scored 4 MPs and 1 BP to fail, I'm still shocked at Mounir knowing a person who failed with 5 MPs.
This all ties to Markus link of explanation - thanks again, Markus.
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2 replies by Anupam and Markus Kopko
Jun 23, 2016 3:26 AM
Markus Kopko
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You are welcome, John ... glad if i can help
Jun 23, 2016 4:51 AM
Anupam
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John,
I think we already discussed 'psychometric analysis' under this link -
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jun 22, 2016 9:57 AM
Replying to John Caron, MBA, PMP, CSM
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Anupam,
You are correct in your reply, the mention is what a person receives from the PROMETRIC testing center however, it fails to mention the method it uses for "grading" an individuals pass/fail.
Markus provided a phenomenal link that genuinely explains the test scores and I wish the PMI would include a one paragraph statement to explain the results. I'm sure my friend is not the only person who has scored 4 MPs and 1 BP to fail, I'm still shocked at Mounir knowing a person who failed with 5 MPs.
This all ties to Markus link of explanation - thanks again, Markus.
You are welcome, John ... glad if i can help Saving Changes...
Anupam,
You are correct in your reply, the mention is what a person receives from the PROMETRIC testing center however, it fails to mention the method it uses for "grading" an individuals pass/fail.
Markus provided a phenomenal link that genuinely explains the test scores and I wish the PMI would include a one paragraph statement to explain the results. I'm sure my friend is not the only person who has scored 4 MPs and 1 BP to fail, I'm still shocked at Mounir knowing a person who failed with 5 MPs.
This all ties to Markus link of explanation - thanks again, Markus.
John,
I think we already discussed 'psychometric analysis' under this link -
Anupam, yes, psychometric analysis was addressed as you indicated. Curious, are other certifications/licenses under the same rigor? What about for example electrians, EMTs and more? Do other (outside of PMI) use psychometric analysis?
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John Caron, MBA, PMP, CSMVP - Technology Project Solutions Consultant| Bank of AmericaJacksonville, Fl, United States
Jun 23, 2016 4:51 AM
Replying to Anupam
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John,
I think we already discussed 'psychometric analysis' under this link -
Anupam, yes, psychometric analysis was addressed as you indicated. Curious, are other certifications/licenses under the same rigor? What about for example electrians, EMTs and more? Do other (outside of PMI) use psychometric analysis? Saving Changes...
Vishal PathakProject Manager| VerizonBrandon, Fl, United States
Hi John,
GMAT also uses computer adaptive test scoring. Hope below statement makes sense:
"GMAT is a computer adaptive test where the difficulty of each question will be determined by the answer you gave to a previous question." Saving Changes...
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