Matrix new atar calcualtor 2015. Thoughts?? (1 Viewer)

[janbroodryk]

Does anyone think Matrix's revised ATAR formula based on 2015 results is abit weird??

Like take this for example, shocked me

 

[KingOfActing]

Not sure what's shocking? Do you mean the stuff in the 40s? That's a "Mark per Unit" thingo (out of 50)

 

[janbroodryk]

A 95 in Business scales more than a 94 in physics??

 

[KingOfActing]

A 95 in Business scales more than a 94 in physics??

By 0.08/50 --- you need to look at the scaled mark, not the percentile.

 

[D94]

A 95 in Business scales more than a 94 in physics??

Why are you comparing two different marks? Comparing 94 for both and 95 for both, Physics scales higher.

 

[janbroodryk]

Yeah I know but it still scales roughly the same. Sorry just thought that was suprisisng as they are similar marks, with similar scaled marks.

 

[janbroodryk]

Granted 95 is more than 94, but the difference in scaled marks is quite low for subjects I would of thought had very different cohorts

 

[jazz519]

Yeah it's actually legit. I have the scores for my school for the actual scaled marks and a 93 in physics was 45.79 and 95 in business was 45.9

 

[janbroodryk]

Yeah it's actually legit. I have the scores for my school for the actual scaled marks and a 93 in physics was 45.79 and 95 in business was 45.9

yeah and compare that with 2014, where the difference in scaled marks was substantially more

 

[D94]

Granted 95 is more than 94, but the difference in scaled marks is quite low for subjects I would of thought had very different cohorts

95 in Business is around 92/100, whereas a 94 in Physics is around 89/100. You need to gain more raw marks in Business. But a 95 in Physics requires around 92/100 as well.

 

[janbroodryk]

General maths this year also scaled horribly in 2015, even worse than normal.