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Nursing Aptitude Test Admissions

(Level 1)
EXAMINEE REPORT
NAME : BUEANAVIDES, SYRAH MARIE P. STUDENT NO. : 2122A06458
SCHOOL : West Visayas State University TEST DATE : 05/25/2021

Science and Scholastic

SCORE Verbal Ability Numerical Facility Health Information Spatial Perception Aptitude
(ST01) (ST02) (ST03) (ST04) (SA)

STANDARD SCORE (SS) 558 584 467 372 491

PERCENTILE RANK (PR) 72 80 37 10 46

CONTENT AREA AND BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES CODE PERCENT CORRECT (PC)

0 50 100
Verbal Ability
• Verbal Analogies: Infers the nature of relationship between given pairs of words and selects CA01 60 *50
from the alternatives the pair with the same relationship
• Vocabulary: Distinguishes the synonym of a given English word as used in the sentence CA02 55 *45
Numerical Facility
• Arithmetic: Solves word problems that involve operations on whole numbers, fractions, CA03 79 *50
radicals, exponent, decimals, ratio, proportion, and percentage
• Algebra: Evaluates and simplifies algebraic expressions, solves for linear equations and CA04 44 *48
inequalities, and identifies and solves for products and factors
• Geometry: Solves word problems involving inequalities in triangles, parallels and CA05 44 * 54
transversals, intersecting lines; perimeter and volume
• Statistics: Solves for probability and averages—mean, median, and mode CA06 100 *45
Science and Health Information
• General/Earth Science: Identifies the nature of science and distinguishes the earth’s CA07 75 * 62
composition
• Biology: Identifies life forms, cell structure, organ system, appropriate animal classification, CA08 55 * 56
and organisms
• Chemistry: Identifies elements as presented in periodic table, properties of matter, and CA09 44 *46
chemical change; identifies example of a compound; converts chemical equation; and infers
which variables affect properties of matter
• Physics: Identifies nature of elasticity, buoyancy, and light waves; solves for the acceleration CA10 33 *39
and the rate of sound waves; interprets gas law in equation form and translates it to verbal
material; predicts future consequences implied in the data; and shows effect of variables on
sound
• Health Information: Identifies prevalent facts about health and some practical nursing CA11 40 * 60
applications commonly used in everyday experience

* Average Difficulty Level

REFER TO THE BACK FOR A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SCORES. 356


Nursing Aptitude Test
Interpretation of Scores
The Nursing Aptitude Test, or NAT, is an instrument
designed to assist in the selection of applicants to
nursing schools in the Philippines. It is given to
incoming first year nursing students as an admission
test and to second year nursing students as a qualifying
test prior to their internship.
NAT consists of four subtests—three subject matter
tests and one mental ability test. The three subject
matter tests are Verbal Ability, Numerical Facility, and
Science and Health Information, while the mental ability
test is Spatial Perception.
The NAT yields: (a) four subtest scores, (b) eleven
content area scores for the three subject matter tests,
and (c) one total test score called the Scholastic
Aptitude, or SA.
The Four Subtest Scores
Performance in each of the four subtests is reported as
standard score (SS). The SS equivalents are derived
from a common scale that has a range of 200 to 800, a
mean of 500, and a standard deviation of 100. An
examinee’s actual SS is compared with the midpoint SS
of 500, which represents the average performance of
the norm group. The NAT has two norm groups—first
year and second year college students, or Level 1 and
Level 2, respectively. The Level 1 norm group is a
representative sample of first year nursing students,
while the Level 2 norm group is a representative sample
of second year nursing students. The SS may be
converted into quality index (QI). The QI complements
the interpretation of an examinee’s SS. It gives a
qualitative description of examinee’s overall score
according to the nine ranges of the SS as shown in the
conversion table below:
Standard Score Quality Index
(SS) (QI)
200 - 325 Very Poor ( VP )
326 - 375 Poor ( P )
376 - 425 Below Average ( BA )
426 - 475 Low Average ( LA )
476 - 525 Average ( A )
526 - 575 High Average ( HA )
576 - 625 Above Average ( AA )
626 - 675 Superior ( S )
676 - 800 Excellent ( E )
The SSs have percentile rank (PR) equivalents that
indicate the percentage of examinees in the norm group
who scored lower than the examinee. The PR values
range from 1- to 99+, with a midpoint of 50.
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For example if you obtain a SA score of 552, which has
a percentile rank equivalent of 70, this means that you
belong to the upper 30% who took the test. In other
words, 70% of the examinees scored lower than you.
The Scholastic Aptitude
The SA is the composite score based on the four
subtests. It is a general measure of performance on the
entire test.
The SA is reported in SS and PR.
The Eleven Content Area Scores
The scores on the eleven content areas are based on
the three subject matter tests—Verbal Ability, Numerical
Facility, and Science and Health Information. These are
Verbal Analogies, Vocabulary, Arithmetic, Algebra,
Geometry, Statistics, General/Earth Science, Biology,
Chemistry, Physics, and Health Information.
The scores in these content areas are reported as
percent correct (PC), which is the percentage of items
correctly answered. The examinee’s actual PC scores
are shown through a bar graph and are written at the left
end of the bars.
The average difficulty level (ADL) for each content
area is marked by an asterisk (*). The ADL is the
average score of the norm group in a specific content
area. The different ADLs imply that some content areas
are easier or more difficult than others for the norm
group.
A score bar indicates an examinee’s performance
relative to the norm group. If a bar extends beyond the
asterisk (or the ADL), the examinee has done better
than average. If a bar falls short of the asterisk, this
indicates an area for improvement, which could be the
focus of remediation.
Aside from looking at the overall score in the four
subtests, each content area must be examined closely
in order to see how an examinee’s performance in the
different content areas relate to each other.
If you have questions, please consult your guidance
counselor.