CFA CFA General An interesting question – should I actually bother helping anyone else taking the same Level as me?

An interesting question – should I actually bother helping anyone else taking the same Level as me?

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      @MattJuniper – to that I’d say Givers have a higher chance of success in life 🙂 Plus you feel awesome too, just like the spirit we are seeing here at the 300 Hours community.

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      @diya how’s this? It’s crazy huge! :))

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        Of course. Why wouldn’t we help? We teach ourselves while giving plus it feels good. Like Sophie, said:

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        @Sophie the picture isn’t working D:

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        Weird, it still isn’t working for me @Sophie. I tried on firefox (I usually use chrome) and all it shows is “image”…

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        @mattjuniper – I take that as… ?

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        Strange @diya – seems to work for me?

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        I take that as a yes then @Mattjuniper? :))

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        Thought so @Mattjuniper! Our first KotM epic badge hunter too 😀

        I guess it’s all about thinking big, long term, and you know heck – you only live once, you don’t have time to count such small things in life. That’s naive of me perhaps, but I’m happier that way hopefully 😉

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        Furthermore I doubt you are able to affect a sufficient number of takers to have a statistically significant effect (no offence)

        You clearly underestimate my potential 😉 😀

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          @MattJuniper From reading the MPS setting methodology, it would seem that what they aim for is to have the same difficulty to pass each year, rather than have the same % of candidates pass. The perceived difficulty of the exam based on cumulative results do play a role in the decision process, but are only a part of it. Furthemore I doubt you are able to affect a sufficient number of takers to have a statistically significant effect (no offence). So help everyone you can! 🙂


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          is right. If we follow the exact methods as CFAI states, relativity has no influence on the setting of the MPS. It USED to matter though – the MPS used to be 70% of a sample of the highest passing group, or some similar methodology.

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          @sophie that’s a good article, I’m definitely a giver 😀

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          @MattJuniper From reading the MPS setting methodology, it would seem that what they aim for is to have the same difficulty to pass each year, rather than have the same % of candidates pass. The perceived difficulty of the exam based on cumulative results do play a role in the decision process, but are only a part of it. Furthemore I doubt you are able to affect a sufficient number of takers to have a statistically significant effect (no offence). So help everyone you can! 🙂

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            Wow @MattJuniper, that’s an interesting perspective. I never really thought about it that way, not that it’s a bad thing. Realistic, you can say. I guess you can rely on Karma for the rest of the bit! 😛

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            @MattJuniper..I had read a similar poll elsewhere and I am glad to quote that most people said that they would help either ways..:D

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            Haha @sophie, love it!

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