5 Steps to a 5 AP Psychology, 2014-2015 Edition

AP Psychology Practice Exam 1  283

difference between the two groups by using ttests or ANOVA. If her pvalue is .05 or

less, then she will conclude that the drug is effective and await further studies and

replication.

Scoring and Interpreting Practice Exam 1

Now that you’ve finished Practice Exam 1 and scored your answers, you can examine your

results. Did you get all of the questions correct for a particular chapter? That’s excellent. You

don’t need to spend much time going over that topic. Did you answer several questions

incorrectly for a particular chapter? Go over that material carefully.

You can roughlyequate your results to an AP test score. To put an approximate AP score

on the results of your practice test, follow these steps:

1. Count the number of Section I questions you
   answered correctly. Number correct ––––––

Copy this Section I score on the line to the

right. Section I weighted score: ––––––

2. Using the score rubrics,

A. determine your score for Essay 1

B. determine your score for Essay 2

C. add the scores for Essays 1 and 2

D. multiply your essay total by 2.5

Copy this Section II score on the line to

the right. Section II weighted score: ––––––

3. Add your scores for Section I and Section II. Total composite score: ––––––


4. Since composite score ranges vary from test to test, this is only a very rough estimate.
   Match your score from #3 with these:

Composite Score Range Rough Estimate of AP Score

104–150 5

090–103 4

68–89 3

50–67 2

0–49 1