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This is a reprint from the November 2013 issue of Chem 13 News

This is a reprint from the February 2015 issue of Chem 13 News.

This is a reprint from the May 2007 issue of Chem 13 News, page 16.

This is a reprint from the September 2007 issue of Chem 13 News.

This is a reprint from the October 2008 issue of Chem 13 News.

This is a reprint from the September 2009 issue of Chem 13 News.

This is a reprint from the March 2011 issue of Chem 13 News.

This is a reprint from the December 2011 and January 2012 issue of Chem 13 News.

This is a reprint from the March 2013 issue of Chem 13 News.

Each year after the dust has settled, Carey Bissonnette at the University of Waterloo reviews the CHEM 13 NEWS Exam statistics. As part of an item analysis, a point-biserial correlation coefficient is calculated for each of the 40 exam items (questions). Basically, this is the correlation that quantifies the relationship between how students do on each individual item versus the overall exam.