Do GMAT's questions differ from one contry to another?

Question

Some believe that Test's questions differ from one country to another. For example, that Indians face more brutal Math questions than do Americans. 
Could you share your opinions whether these speculations are ill-founded?

iamgrunt · Answer

I doubt it. I think they face harder questions because it is a CAT, so if on average their math ability is higher they are more likely to encounter the brutal ones.

Otherwise I could start a business flying Asian people to the US for "GMAT tours" :D

Dawgie · Answer

Then obviously they aren't doing a good job! Their math scores are still too high.

shaselai · Answer

nah i dont think gmac discriminates or else people wouldve complained long ago. It is a lot of work to produce different questions for different countries based on demographic. Plus gmat wouldnt be standardized test anymore if it is different per country you know?

Financier · Answer

True, true, but:

1). How can you compare 2 tests in different countries if GMAC does not allow you a second attempt during a given month, when questions are supposed to belong to the same banch?

2). Even if you were given a permission for a second attempt during a given month and questions were slightly more "human" in another country, you have no grounds to complain. GMAC may say that you've faced questions of a similar difficulty and that standart deviation exists even in GMAT.

3). One more thing: let's imagine that you were given a permission for a second try, did it in another country and faced  the same questions . Even in this case your scores may be measured by another scale and you would receive 50 rather than 48 and vise versa.

So, GMAC has more trumps in its sleeves than we one may think.

PTK · Answer

Once , I heard a story about some guys who went to Finland or Latvia and took the GMAT there, their scores were higher in both math and verbal part. I can't either prove or disprove this fact; this is just a rumor. But I tend (I want!

) to believe that GMAC does not discriminate the students, but as long as GMAC has a monopoly over the test and does not disclose all GMAT questions regularly, we can make assumptions only.

mohater · Answer

We really have enough rumor threads (one is too many)...

If someone has something concrete, post it in a thread. Otherwise, misinformation only begets more misinformation. If anyone wants to pursue this, contact the GMAC.

Locked.

mohater · Answer

Posting this reply to put this rumor to rest (just remembered this):

gmatclub-attends-gmac-test-prep-summit-85573.html

During the conference. Dr Lawrence Rudner (r&d guy at the GMAC) was discussing how the GMAC was trying to "remove" US influence from the test.

What he meant was what words mean in different context. Skim milk in the USA meant fat free milk. In India it meant something completely different. The GMAC is striving to have a flat question bank to have a net zero impact regardless of the test taker's location and influence of English (British, US, etc.)

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