Guest guest Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Hi Dan, Yes, I did call the Nebraska office. In fact, I even asked the lady what they did with the survey results. She referred me to her supervisor's voice mail, to which I never received a reply. Thanks, Pete ion North Pole, AK > > --- > Hi Pete! > > Did you call the NSCA in Colorado Springs? The NSCA Certification > Commission is located in Lincoln, NE and they would be the > organization to call for the data you seek if it exists. Their toll > free # is 8887462378. I am not aware of the data you seek but I would > suspect the correlation would be quite high. Sounds like a good > project if it has not been done. > > Best wishes! > > Dan Wathen, Youngstown (OH) State University Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 --- Hi Pete! I'll check it out for you. If such data exists I'll get it for you. Best wishes! Dan Wathen, Youngstown (OH) State University, USA In Supertraining , " Pete " <palexion@a...> wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > Yes, I did call the Nebraska office. In fact, I even asked the lady > what they did with the survey results. She referred me to her > supervisor's voice mail, to which I never received a reply. > > Thanks, > > Pete ion > North Pole, AK > > > > > > > --- > > Hi Pete! > > > > Did you call the NSCA in Colorado Springs? The NSCA Certification > > Commission is located in Lincoln, NE and they would be the > > organization to call for the data you seek if it exists. Their > toll > > free # is 8887462378. I am not aware of the data you seek but I > would > > suspect the correlation would be quite high. Sounds like a good > > project if it has not been done. > > > > Best wishes! > > > > Dan Wathen, Youngstown (OH) State University > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 --- Hi Pete! Dr. Tom Baechle, executive director of the NSCA Certification Commission, relayed to me that they have no data correlating performance on the practice exams with actual performance on the exams. His anecdotal information matches the responses of other list members who stated a rather high correlation between perforamnce on one to the other. One of the problems with the practice tests is that they are only 1/3 the length of the exam so all degrees of difficulty questions can't be fitted into each content area. Still in all it is an excellent way to prep for the exam. Best wishes! Dan Wathen, Youngstown (OH) State Universty, USA In Supertraining , " Pete ion " <palexion@a...> wrote: > > By any chance has anyone observed a correlation or reliability factor > between the CSCS practice exams and the actual CSCS exam? > > In other words, if someone were to score, say, 80% on a section in the > practice exam, what is the likelihood or probability of scoring the same on > the actual exam for the same section? Within +/- 5%? 10%? 15%? > > Yes, I realize that human variations, such as a lack of sleep the night > before the exam, can easily account for a 10% difference, and I'm presuming > that the practice exam has a 10% prediction rate, thus I should not take the > actual exam until all practice scores are at least 90%. > > I did call the NSCA, but they claim not to have any data, even though they > have been surveying for it, for years. > > > Thanks, > > Pete ion, M.S. > A.J. Farms, Consultants > 925 Lynn Way > North Pole, AK 99705 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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