1. The comprehensive examination in MQM consists of three, three-hour testing sessions (each on a separate, consecutive day).

2. The specialization examinations will be administered on the first day of the examination, and the general examinations will be administered on the second day.

3. Minor examinations will be administered on the third day of the three days.

4. All examinations are closed-book, and students may respond to the questions using a word processor or in handwriting. If students choose to respond using word processors, then they must bring a laptop to the testing sessions that contains no information relevant to the examination.

5. Applications are due during the semester prior to the examination administration.

6. Examinations are administered during the week prior to the first week of classes in fall and spring semesters. Application materials may be obtained from Karen Glickman.

7. You can download the application from the Forms Page. More details can be found in the Comprehensive Exam Policy file and Academic Honesty and Ethical Principles and Practices file. Suggested reading lists for the "statistics" and "measurement" examinations and questions can be downloaded there as well. 

Major Examination in Measurement/Minor Examination in Statistics.

1. The content of the statistics minor examination will come from the required courses (CEP 930, CEP 932, CEP 933) and a reading list that is available from the statistics faculty.

2. The examination questions will focus on applications. The minor examination in statistics will contain six essay questions. Two of those questions will be required, and the student will be asked to choose two additional questions from the remaining four questions.

3. The student will be given three hours to complete the examination.

4. The questions for the measurement major examination will be drawn from the content of required courses (CEP 920, CEP 921, CEP 922, and CEP 923), from specialization courses in measurement [CEP 826, CEP 937, CEP 991B (Logistic Regression, Structural Equation Modeling), and CEP 939], and from a reading list that is available from the measurement faculty.

5. The first day of the measurement major examination (the specialization examination) allows the student to choose two questions from a list of four questions. The specialization questions require the student to provide detailed information concerning focused areas of study within measurement and psychometrics.

6. The second day of the measurement major examination (the general examination) contains two required questions that measure general knowledge in the field of measurement and psychometrics.

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Major Examination in Statistics/Minor Examination in Measurement.

1. The content of the measurement minor examination will come from the required courses (CEP 920, CEP 921, CEP 922, and CEP 923), and a reading list that is available from the measurement faculty.

2. The minor examination in measurement will consist of four essay questions. Two questions will be required, and students will choose two additional questions from a set of the four remaining questions. 

3. The questions for the statistics major examination will be drawn from the content of required courses (CEP 930, CEP 932, CEP 933, CEP 934, CEP 935, and either STT 441 & 442 or STT 861 & 862), specialization courses [CEP 936, and CEP 991B (Bayesian Data Analysis, Causal Inference, Social Networks)], and from a reading list that is available from statistics faculty.

4. On the first day of testing, the specialization exam will focus more on topics of special interest to each student. This part of the examination includes two questions on a special topic or topics that are written for the student based on his or her unique interests. The specialization questions are constructed by the statistics faculty as a whole to assure that variation in the difficulty of these questions is kept to a minimum.

Grading:

Students who do not pass a section of the comprehensive examination (i.e., the major and/or the minor section) must retake that/those portion(s) of the examination. Students are limited to three attempts at any section of the examination unless approval for an additional attempt is granted by a vote of the CEPSE faculty.

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