PS and DS 50/50?

[isisalaska]

In the real exam, is PS and DS about 50/50?, for instance if you are better in DS and not that good in PS can you still do well in the quant. section?

[aim-wsc]

It will again depend on the no. of difficult questions you answer correctly.
not on whether it is PS or DS.

bytheway
i have one similar query:

what if you are better at only one types of questions say PS... then as difficulty level raises does GMAC ask more DS questions?

Any experts here?
Stacey?
Mark?
Ian?

[isisalaska]

aim-wsc
Are you answering questions at 1 am?

[aim-wsc]

dont worry ma'am
I am not high or drunk

juss kiddning
yeah its 1.20 in India

[venkb]

i am not an expert but in the actual exam i did find tough PS questions too. I got one on combinations and one on probability. The probability question was really tough. Btw, i dont remember any tough DS questions. But for some DS questions i did take more than 2 minutes.

Did i answer your question?

[Stacey Koprince]

There are exactly 15 DS questions and 22 PS questions in every 37-question quant section - so you have a few more PS. You will see difficult questions of both types - just depends what mix you get on the test.

[aim-wsc]

There are exactly 15 DS questions and 22 PS questions in every 37-question quant section - so you have a few more PS. You will see difficult questions of both types - just depends what mix you get on the test.

so that means this ratio never change significantly even if you are performing too well in one of the types?

I heard that proportion changes a bit for verbal section.. say if you are tackling CR well & SC poorly then it ll ask you more SC questions...

[Stacey Koprince]

The # of math questions of each type never changes - 15 DS, 22 PS, always. The # of each of the 3 types of verbal questions does vary, but they haven't said how the algorithm determines how many of each to give. It's probably a combination of multiple factors, including experimentals and the natural constraints of RC (you have to give a certain number of questions in a clump) - but I have no idea whether individual performance is one of them. Only the people who make it know - and they don't release that info.

[aim-wsc]

thanks for the info

still i have a feeling that it depends on the individual performance///

sigh i ll know about that once i d take my real test :twisted:

[Stacey Koprince]

Just in - I just got the report from one of our instructors who took the test last month, and he did NOT have 22PS / 15DS. So they are starting to mess with the format - they just haven't made any formal announcement. I'll put a big notice on the main thread too.