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hikarinokokoro

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Why is it that Studies of Religion (SOR) 1 unit scales more that Studies of Religion 2 unit? I have gone on many ATAR calculators and SOR 1 unit seems to give a better ATAR. This makes absolutely no sense, could somebody please explain?
 

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Why is it that Studies of Religion (SOR) 1 unit scales more that Studies of Religion 2 unit? I have gone on many ATAR calculators and SOR 1 unit seems to give a better ATAR. This makes absolutely no sense, could somebody please explain?

Probably because the stronger students at Catholic schools (and these students have to do 1 unit at least) only do 1 unit. The weaker students do the 2 units.

As a result when the 1 unit cohort is compared to the 2 unit cohort they perform better and thus the subject scales better.

Scaling, remember is the process of comparing students to get a ranking so a subject that has stronger students will do better than a subject with weaker students.
 

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Probably because the stronger students at Catholic schools (and these students have to do 1 unit at least) only do 1 unit. The weaker students do the 2 units.
As a result when the 1 unit cohort is compared to the 2 unit cohort they perform better and thus the subject scales better.
Scaling, remember is the process of comparing students to get a ranking so a subject that has stronger students will do better than a subject with weaker students.
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I did SOR2 because I thought it scaled better!!!
 

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Both one unit and two unit dont scale as well as many people think. I can tell you for a fact that last year, an 86 in economics was worth more than 90 in SOR 1.
 

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Apparently SOR 1 scales higher than Bio for the last time i checked. Was quite shocked.
 

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Hahahaha, looks good on my report though considering Im coming 1st..

Plus it gives me time to focus on my more important subjects
 

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