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Troy University MAPP Annual Report
MAAP 2012-2013
Summary and Details
The MAPP test is designed to evaluate the performance of the university’s general studies program. It is assumed that by the end of the
sophomore year the typical student has taken the majority of their general studies classes. The test is designed to highlight any changes that
need to be made to improve the general studies experience or to fill in any holes there may be in the general studies experience. The school is
not interested so much in individual scores as in the overall scores of the students in different areas. That is the reason the MAPP test is given at
the end of the sophomore year. Associates take the test after completion of 48 hours and prior to graduation (exit exam), and bachelors 60-89
hours. The MAPP test was referred to as the "Rising Junior" test at one time.
Extreme Values in this report are ranked in terms of highest to lowest. Total Score is a value of 500 and the lowest is 400 this shows that our
student population represents the full scale of the test. The results represents all of Alabama with the exception of E-Campus.
Extreme Values
Total Score
Critical Thinking
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Maximum
500
128
130
130
130
130
128
130
Minimum
400
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
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Descriptive Statistics
Maximu
N
Range
Minimum
m
Std.
Sum
Mean
Deviation
Variance
Skewness
Std.
Statistic
Statistic
Statistic
Statistic
Statistic Statistic
Statistic
Statistic
Statistic
Error
Total Score
722
100
400
500
316785
438.76
19.823
392.956
.652
.091
Critical Thinking
722
28
100
128
79716
110.41
6.210
38.567
.654
.091
Reading
722
Writing
30
100
130
83575
115.75
7.574
57.364
.035
.091
Mathematics
722
30
100
130
82083
113.69
5.410
29.272
-.259
.091
722
30
100
130
80305
111.23
6.129
37.570
.805
.091
Humanities
722
30
100
130
82301
113.99
6.561
43.053
.348
.091
Social Sciences
722
28
100
128
80824
111.94
6.362
40.480
.433
.091
Natural Sciences
722
30
100
130
82401
114.13
6.502
42.273
.213
.091
Valid N (listwise)
722
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Case Processing Summary
Cases
Included
Excluded
Total
N
Percent
N
Percent
N
Percent
Total Score
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Critical Thinking
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Reading
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Writing
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Mathematics
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Humanities
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Social Sciences
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
Natural Sciences
722
100.0%
0
0.0%
722
100.0%
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Report
Natural
Total Score
Mean
Critical Thinking
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Humanities
Social Sciences
Sciences
438.76
110.41
115.75
113.69
111.23
113.99
111.94
114.13
722
722
722
722
722
722
722
722
Std. Deviation
19.823
6.210
7.574
5.410
6.129
6.561
6.362
6.502
Median
435.00
109.00
115.00
114.00
110.00
113.00
112.00
114.00
Grouped Median
434.83
109.44
115.43
113.94
109.81
113.16
111.26
113.87
.738
.231
.282
.201
.228
.244
.237
.242
316785
79716
83575
82083
80305
82301
80824
82401
Minimum
400
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
Maximum
500
128
130
130
130
130
128
130
Range
100
28
30
30
30
30
28
30
392.956
38.567
57.364
29.272
37.570
43.053
40.480
42.273
Kurtosis
.088
-.037
-.929
.041
.259
-.594
-.521
-.381
Std. Error of Kurtosis
.182
.182
.182
.182
.182
.182
.182
.182
Skewness
.652
.654
.035
-.259
.805
.348
.433
.213
Std. Error of Skewness
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
.091
Harmonic Mean
437.89
110.07
115.26
113.43
110.90
113.62
111.59
113.76
Geometric Mean
438.32
110.24
115.51
113.56
111.06
113.80
111.77
113.94
% of Total Sum
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
% of Total N
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
N
Std. Error of Mean
Sum
Variance
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Report
Total Score
Mean
N
Std. Deviation
Critical Thinking
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
Humanities
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
439.49
110.61
115.98
113.91
111.44
114.21
112.12
114.32
704
704
704
704
704
704
704
704
19.476
6.145
7.473
5.243
6.040
6.471
6.312
6.410
Troy University Alabama MAPP scores have an increase of .3% from years 2011-2012 to 2012-2013.
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
Mean, Arithmetic mean.
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The sum of a list of numbers, divided by the number of numbers. See also average.
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Median.
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"Middle value" of a list. The smallest number such that at least half the numbers in the list are no greater than it. If the list has an odd
number of entries, the median is the middle entry in the list after sorting the list into increasing order. If the list has an even number of
entries, the median is the smaller of the two middle numbers after sorting. The median can be estimated from a histogram by finding the
smallest number such that the area under the histogram to the left of that number is 50%.
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Standard Deviation (SD).
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The standard deviation of a set of numbers is the rms of the set of deviations between each element of the set and the mean of the set.
See also sample standard deviation.
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Sample Sum.
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The sum of a random sample from a population. The expected value of the sample sum is the sample size times the population mean.
For sampling with replacement, the SE of the sample sum is the population standard deviation, times the square-root of the sample
size. For sampling without replacement, the SE of the sample sum is the finite-population correction ((N−n)/(N−1))½ times the SE of the
sample sum for sampling with replacement, with N the size of the population and n the size of the sample.
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kurtosis tells you how tall and sharp the central peak is, relative to a standard bell curve.
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Variance, population variance
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The variance of a list is the square of the standard deviation of the list, that is, the average of the squares of the deviations of the
numbers in the list from their mean. The variance of a random variable X, Var(X), is the expected value of the squared difference between
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the variable and its expected value: Var(X) = E((X − E(X))2). The variance of a random variable is the square of the standard error (SE) of
the variable.
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harmonic mean (sometimes called the subcontrary mean) is one of several kinds of average. Typically, it is appropriate for situations
when the average of rates is desired.
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The harmonic mean H of the positive real numbers x1, x2, ..., xn > 0 is defined to be
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Geometric Distribution.
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The geometric distribution describes the number of trials up to and including the first success, in independent trials with the same
probability of success. The geometric distribution depends only on the single parameter p, the probability of success in each trial. For
example, the number of times one must toss a fair coin until the first time the coin lands heads has a geometric distribution with
parameter p = 50%. The geometric distribution assigns probability p×(1 − p)k−1to the event that it takes k trials to the first success.
The expected value of the geometric distribution is 1/p, and its SE is (1−p)½/p.
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Geometric Mean.
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The geometric mean of n numbers {x1, x2, x3, …, xn} is the nth root of their product:
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(x1×x2×x3× … ×xn)1/n.
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According to the ETS Proficiency Profile the national mean for MAPP exams is 443.2. Troy University Alabama campuses are achieving a mean
of 438.76 putting Troy University in the 50th percentile. A difference of 3.73 between Troy University and the national mean.
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