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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recommend that you don't use superscoring in this analysis.  Superscoring seems like a public relations gesture to stressed out students.  Rather than something that really impacts a lot of candidates to get them admitted.  And you don't have any data on what improvements are typically seen with superscoring.  Any assumptions might be quite off.[/quote]

??  [b]A 35 superscore is the same as a 35 in one setting.[/b]  Test scores check a box not get you admitted.  It is possible you could create a good impression by a one and done 35 but you would create a better impression by a 36 superscored.  All colleges are looking for is the number.  It does impact a lot of candidates.  [/quote]

No, it's not. It implies a different (lower) "true ability".[/quote]

No it doesn’t. The SAT/ACT don’t test aptitude at all.  They will both tell you so.  If you can’t assume tests across different test dates are within a very narrow range of difficulty then that renders these tests practically useless as a comparitive metric.  [/quote]

They can tell you what they want but the whole idea of testing and all the statistical analyses around it is based upon a premise that there exists an underlying ability and that tests are sampling from that ability (the ability is not necessarily IQ). Your best guess at the underlying ability is the average of your scores. If you are only looking at the highest score, you are overestimating ability.  [/quote]

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