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>>> Megan Pledger <[OIA #2496 email]> 13/02/2015 4:54 PM >>>
Dear New Zealand Qualifications Authority,

Could you please tell me the number of students applying to sit the Chemistry Scholarship Exam, the number of students who actually sat that exam and the average score of the students who sat that exam and the variance of those scores. Can you do this for all students and separately for males and females and for all years over the last 15 years including 2014 e.g.

A table similar to this but expanded further by year.

...................................... | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
ALL
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
of those sitting
....Variance of the
scores of those sitting

...................................... | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
MALES
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
of those sitting
....Variance of the
scores of those sitting

...................................... | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
FEMALES
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
of those sitting
....Variance of the
scores of those sitting

Also, I would like to know if it is possible for students to apply to sit this exam, enter the exam room, read the exam and leave without handing in any material for marking. If so can I have these numbers broken down by sex for the last 15 years including 2014. Are these walk outs included in the data as zero scores or not included in the data?

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,
Megan Pledger

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Dear Megan Pledger
 
Please email me your telephone number or email address so that I can help
you
refine your question and ensure that you receive information that is
useful to you.
 
My email address is [1][email address]
 
I look forward to your response.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Colin Daniel
>>> Megan Pledger <[OIA #2496 email]>
13/02/2015 4:54 PM >>>
Dear New Zealand Qualifications Authority,

Could you please tell me the number of students applying to sit the
Chemistry Scholarship Exam, the number of students who actually sat that
exam and the average score of the students who sat that exam and the
variance of those scores.  Can you do this for all students and separately
for males and females  and for all years over the last 15 years including
2014 e.g.

A table similar to this but expanded further by year.

...................................... |    2014      |     2013     |    
2012   |  
ALL
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
              of those sitting
....Variance of the
    scores of those sitting 

...................................... |    2014      |     2013     |    
2012   |  
MALES
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
              of those sitting
....Variance of the
    scores of those sitting 

...................................... |    2014      |     2013     |    
2012   |  
FEMALES
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
              of those sitting
....Variance of the
    scores of those sitting 

Also, I would like to know if it is possible for students to apply to sit
this exam, enter the exam room, read the exam and leave without handing in
any material for marking.   If so can I have these numbers broken down by
sex for the last 15 years including 2014.   Are these walk outs included
in the data as  zero scores or not included in the data?

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,
Megan Pledger

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Please direct all urgent work related communications to Julie McDougall.

Julie can be contacted at [email address] or (04) 463 3105.

Colin Daniel

>>> Megan Pledger <[OIA #2496 email]> 02/24/15 16:05 >>>

Dear Colin Daniel,

You asked for my e-mail address to clarify some information in my OIA query. Here it is
[email address]

Yours sincerely,

Megan Pledger

-----Original Message-----

Dear Megan Pledger

Please email me your telephone number or email address so that I can help
you
refine your question and ensure that you receive information that is
useful to you.

My email address is [1][email address]

I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,

Colin Daniel
>>> Megan Pledger <[OIA #2496 email]>
13/02/2015 4:54 PM >>>
Dear New Zealand Qualifications Authority,

Could you please tell me the number of students applying to sit the
Chemistry Scholarship Exam, the number of students who actually sat that
exam and the average score of the students who sat that exam and the
variance of those scores. Can you do this for all students and separately
for males and females and for all years over the last 15 years including
2014 e.g.

A table similar to this but expanded further by year.

...................................... | 2014 | 2013 |
2012 |
ALL
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
of those sitting
....Variance of the
scores of those sitting

...................................... | 2014 | 2013 |
2012 |
MALES
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
of those sitting
....Variance of the
scores of those sitting

...................................... | 2014 | 2013 |
2012 |
FEMALES
....Number applying
....Number sitting
....Average score
of those sitting
....Variance of the
scores of those sitting

Also, I would like to know if it is possible for students to apply to sit
this exam, enter the exam room, read the exam and leave without handing in
any material for marking. If so can I have these numbers broken down by
sex for the last 15 years including 2014. Are these walk outs included
in the data as zero scores or not included in the data?

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,
Megan Pledger

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This data was sent to me at a private e-mail address as I had been
discussing back and forth with NZQA about how the data should be
presented.

In the end they gave it to me in OE, E, NA etc format rather than
means/variances as I had requested. I have seen students recounting
their results in terms of percentages so it seems it ought to be
possible to provide it to me as I had asked.

As the information they sent me contained personal information and
contact details of the people I had been corresponding with I have
just uploaded the explanatory paragraph and the actual tables of data.