Preliminary Norming Results
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| Exam | Mean (abs) |
StdDv (abs) |
Med (abs) |
Num Ques | Mean (%) |
StdDv (%) |
Med (%) |
Num stdnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Toledo Placement Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 General-Organic-Biochemistry Exam – Condensed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 General Chemistry Exam – Full Year | 38.24 | 9.08 | 38 | 70 | 38.24 | 9.08 | 38 | 74 |
| 2025 Instrumental Analysis Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 General Chemistry Exam – First Term | 37.27 | 11.17 | 37 | 70 | 37.27 | 11.17 | 37 | 187 |
| 2025 Preparatory Chemistry Exam | 31.36 | 8.93 | 32 | 50 | 31.36 | 8.93 | 32 | 78 |
| 2024 Organic Chemistry Exam – Brief | 30.03 | 5.05 | 30.5 | 45 | 30.03 | 5.05 | 30.5 | 34 |
| 2024 General Chemistry Exam – Second-Term Brief | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 General Chemistry Exam – Brief | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Physical Chemistry Comprehensive | 24.04 | 6.92 | 23 | 55 | 35.53 | 11.7 | 35 | 75 |
| 2023 General Chemistry Conceptual Exam – Second term subset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 General Chemistry Conceptual Exam – First term subset | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 General Chemistry Conceptual Exam – Full Year | 33.3 | 10.44 | 32.5 | 60 | 33.3 | 10.44 | 32.5 | 20 |
| 2023 Inorganic Chemistry Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 High School Chemistry Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Organic Chemistry Exam | 40.76 | 10.61 | 40 | 70 | 40.76 | 10.61 | 40 | 703 |
| 2022 Dual Enrollment General Chemistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Physical Chemistry Exam – Thermodynamics | 25.56 | 5.72 | 25 | 50 | 25.56 | 5.72 | 25 | 57 |
| 2021 Physical Chemistry Exam – Quantum Mechanics | 32.67 | 7 | 34 | 50 | 32.67 | 7 | 34 | 21 |
| 2021 Physical Chemistry Modular Exam | 32.48 | 8.44 | 33 | 110 | 29.4 | 7.79 | 30 | 25 |
| 2022 Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Exam | 32.36 | 9.38 | 31 | 60 | 32.36 | 9.38 | 31 | 106 |
| 2019 Chemical Health and Safety | 38.56 | 8.5 | 37 | 60 | 38.56 | 8.5 | 37 | 63 |
| Biochemistry subtest (for GB18) | 29.63 | 5.62 | 31 | 50 | 29.63 | 5.62 | 31 | 35 |
| Organic Subtest (for GB18) | 24.26 | 7.48 | 24 | 50 | 24.26 | 7.48 | 24 | 39 |
| General Subtest (for GB18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 General-Organic-Biochemistry Exam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ACS Chemistry in Context – 2009 | 34.81 | 6.22 | 35 | 48 | 72.58 | 12.98 | 73 | 189 |