translateScore: Function to Convert Pre-2011 GRE Scores to the Current Scale

In brewdata: Extracting Usable Data from the Grad Cafe Results Search

Description

translateScore converts pre-2011 GRE scores to the current scale using the concordance tables 1D and 1E on pages 23-24 of the GRE score guide.

Usage

translateScore(old_score, section)

Arguments

old_score	old_score pre-2011 quantitative or verbal section score (200-800)
section	section "verbal" or "quant" variable indicating which table to use

Value

translateScore returns a GRE score corresponding to the current scale (130-170) for the specified section, either quantitative or verbal.

References

GRE Score Guide: https://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/gre_guide.pdf

See Also

findScorePercentile, parseResults, parseSchools, brewdata, getGradCafeData, getMaxPages

Examples

translateScore( 710, "quant" )
translateScore( 710, "verbal" )

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