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Anyone know how the difficulty of the questions (those displayed in the gmat timer app) is decided?
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Hi kbayes,

Are you looking for any specific type of material (either by 'question type' or difficulty level)?

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Hi kbayes,

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Hi, I am conducting some research on GMAT material and motivation. I am interested in training algebra concepts (solving systems of equations and quadratics specifically). However, I need the questions ordered on difficulty. I also need to know how the difficulty is determined. So on the GMAT timers it says either easy/medium/hard and gives a number. How is that difficulty rating / number produced?
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Hi kbayes,

You have to be careful about attributing too much emphasis to the assigned 'level' of a question. While it is important to make sure that you're studying with realistic/quality materials, there are other, more meaningful data 'measures' of how well you're performing (and what you should be focusing on during your studies).

1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your practice CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

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Hi kbayes,

You have to be careful about attributing too much emphasis to the assigned 'level' of a question. While it is important to make sure that you're studying with realistic/quality materials, there are other, more meaningful data 'measures' of how well you're performing (and what you should be focusing on during your studies).

1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your practice CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

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Hello again,

Sorry I must have been unclear. I am not taking the GMAT. I am already in a doctoral program conducting research on test-related motivation. Part of this research will be based on the difficulty of the questions I will be using. Thus, it is important for me to know how you (gmatclub) determines the difficulty of your questions.

Hopefully that made it more clear. Sorry for the confusion.
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Hi kbayes,

Okay. Based on what it sounds like you're asking for, you might want to reach out to the site Moderators or bb directly. The questions in this Forum are generally answered by GMAT Experts from various Companies (and not from GMATClub employees).

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