tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post117060482469919048..comments2024-03-11T04:40:23.756-07:00Comments on The Blog of Phyz: The symphony of CST criticism: Bad scienceDean Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-1171149111174542352007-02-10T15:11:00.000-08:002007-02-10T15:11:00.000-08:00All the questions that have been commented on have...All the questions that have been commented on have been removed from the test; they have been released to the public and will never again appear on an operational form.<BR/><BR/>All items that do appear on live forms have been field tested and found to be neither too easy nor too hard.Dean Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-1170876162919619122007-02-07T11:22:00.000-08:002007-02-07T11:22:00.000-08:00I think one has to be a bit careful here in distin...I think one has to be a bit careful here in distinguishing two types of criticisms. One - which your title seems to refer to - is that the question is legitimately and universally recognized as incorrect (e.g. F = m a^3). <BR/>The second - which the text of your post seems to address - is that the question is a bit ill posed or has a foggy or subjective answer (e.g. which method would be "easiest"). <BR/><BR/>I would say that the test does no contain anything of the first type and a few of the second. Ideally the test should contain neither. That said - I cannot recall ever taking a standardized test and not thinking that at least one of the questions was (umm..) questionable..<BR/><BR/>On the whole the test is fairly good - though I would remove the questions which have been commented on. There are also a couple questions which it boggles the mind (well, at least it boggles my mind) that anyone could possibly miss - even having never taken a physics course in their life. But, thats another matterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com