Methodology
How we read what candidates tell us.
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Research: public accounts are gathered for one exam version.
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Review: each is checked, deduplicated and graded.
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Publish: only approved findings appear, linked to sources.
Our evidence rules
Self-reports, not a sample
Reports are written by candidates who chose to share. They are not representative of everyone who sat the exam, and we never predict your result.
Both outcomes, equal weight
Accounts from successful and unsuccessful candidates are gathered and presented with equal care.
Outcome is separate from verification
Whether someone passed is one field. How well we could verify their account is a separate grade.
Counting only those who mention a topic
Each finding's denominator is the number of reports that discussed that topic. Reports that didn't mention it are excluded, not counted as disagreement.
Counts, not percentages
Findings are shown as plain counts, such as “2 of 41”. No current finding shows a percentage, and a percentage would never be shown when fewer than 10 accounts are eligible.
Unknown stays unknown
If a report doesn't say something, we record it as unknown rather than guessing.
Sitting date vs posting date
We separate when the exam was taken from when the account was posted, and mark dates as exact or approximate.
One version at a time
Findings never mix reports from different exam versions.
Deduplication
The same candidate posting in several places is counted once.
Official outline vs perception
What the official exam content outline says is kept distinct from what candidates felt.
No recalled questions
We never reproduce live exam questions — only broad experience categories.
Mock scores without thresholds
Mock scores are tied to the provider the candidate named, split by first attempt and retake, and never presented as a passing line.
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