[the STIFFmaester]

Hi all ,
Just had 1 major ques . The center manager at IMS had led me to believe that accuracy plays a major role in determining calls . i.e . If u miss 1 sxn cut off marginally but have an accuracy of 85% + , u may still gat multiple calls , but if u clear all cutoffs with an accuracy below 70% , u mmay get only 1-2 calls . Can some of u who have already written CAT confirm this !!!

Till Later ,
Nikhil

[ezhil_10]

hey mr ace_bubble,

that was a great analysis work..

but still unable to digest..

Originally Posted by ace_bubble

Data gathered:
from this forum, other forums, coaching sites and my friends who too cat for Last 2 years.

i doubt if this data set is enough to extrapolate it to to the entire cat junta....
does anything in ur stastical knowledge says that it is really enough data to make a prediction.. can u explain that rule..

thanx once again for the good work..feels great to kno that a bit of improvement can really fetch calls...

[ace_bubble]

Originally Posted by codewarrior

hey just as an aside .... where does job experience figure here...if at all ??

well friend job ex depends on individual iim, i cannot comment on this.
how much weigtage each iim gives is hard to tell

yes with ur score and work ex. you do have a chance of getting some calls.

[ace_bubble]

Originally Posted by ezhil_10

hey mr ace_bubble,

that was a great analysis work..

but still unable to digest..

i doubt if this data set is enough to extrapolate it to to the entire cat junta....
does anything in ur stastical knowledge says that it is really enough data to make a prediction.. can u explain that rule..

I have not extrapolated for the entire CAT junta but for mere 2% of ppl giving it.
and i feel that the sample size i obtained from my sources was suffcient to make this prediction

well my hypothesis would definitely have type 1 and type 2 errors, if u are familiar with statistics u must be aware what I am talking bout, if not then the explanation of them goes beyond the scope of this forum

[t2s]

very nearly correct ..this analysis, in my opinion...though not quite there, since the
distribution is unlikely to be linear within the range limits as hypothesised here. The percentile range is almost spot on .....last year's is available on this forum for comparison..

http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/viewtopic.php?t=801

[ace_bubble]

Originally Posted by t2s

very nearly correct ..this analysis, in my opinion...though not quite there, since the
distribution is unlikely to be linear within the range limits as hypothesised here. The percentile range is almost spot on

ya it wont be linear but that’s the simplest distribution one can work with, instead of giving some complex distribution function and psyche ppl out I went with this one

Just for everyone’s information overall (for all 1.27 Lakh) distribution would follow a normal distribution

[Manpreet]

How i could missed this thread...

This distribution of percentiles a have enabled me to look at my leakCAT scores with a different perspective now.. and has given me lots of encouragement... yeah... if this analysis is true.. i would have landed in 99.9X% percentile bracket... whoopie!!

[Jackal]

goodie even me with a paltry 53.5 wud have landed with a 95%ile +
i.e. not depressing at all

[great_one]

Hi,

It would be great if someone could post as to the calls a person would have got, if he had a percentile similar to last year. It is known that it varies from IIM to other institutes, but it is always encouraging to know that you would have got calls from some institutes.

For eg : percentile 99.20 - what institutes ?

Good Job done by the person who started this thread.

Regards

[ace_bubble]

Originally Posted by great_one

Hi,

It would be great if someone could post as to the calls a person would have got, if he had a percentile similar to last year. It is known that it varies from IIM to other institutes, but it is always encouraging to know that you would have got calls from some institutes.
For eg : percentile 99.20 - what institutes ?

ths is very hard to predict, cos the calls are based on various criterias apart from overall cat score like ur educational qualifications, work ex, stream of study, educational performances(like percentage obtained), score in individual sections, accuracy etc etc.

Also institutes may keep changing the weightage of each every years, so it is possible that a person with a high 98.5 does not get calls where as a person with 97 gets some calls.

hope this answeres ur query