Re: Free IBM Testing at COMMON

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Certainly  remove  the casual  walk in  distortion factor to only the
cash.CdCD serious minded.


At 10:46 AM 1/11/2006, Larry Bolhuis wrote:
> With the free tests they had a lot of folks just trying something,
> anything, and often failing dramatically. This messes up the performance
> statistics of the tests quite badly, so badly in fact that they had to
> omit the data from COMMON when analyzing the tests. You may not think
> this is a big deal but the tests are worthless if you can't prove that
> those who should pass do and those that shouldn't don't. Without
> statistics you simply can't do that. It's all done with mystical
> mathematics by specially trained folks (read 'spreadsheets'!) but
> believe me, it works. So the decision was that by charging at least
> something, people won't take a test unless they believe strongly enough
> in their ability to pass it to shell out the bucks. It washes out the
> 'hey I get one free, I might as well give it a go' crowd.
>
> -Larry
>
> William A. Hansen wrote:
> > IBM still offers certification testing, but it is no longer 
> free.  They charged for it in Orlando this fall, but at a reduced rate.
> >
> > I teach a lab in which I let people take Manta courses to prepare 
> for the Operations and System Administration exams.  The attendance 
> was down, because fewer people wanted to pay for the exams.
> > William A. Hansen
> > Manta Technologies Inc.
> > Toll-free: (800) 406-2682
> > Direct: (847) 382-7189
> >
>
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