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This is the official statement of the CFAI. Does anybody know how this is calculated? My guess would be first exam date to last, meaning five exams on average, or does it include perpetration time for the first exam.
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Up2
Sorry, I have to take that back. They say “successful candidates” so actually no survivorship bias in that average… 😉
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Up1
On the same page of the CFAI website they also post that you should take into account roughly 6 months of studying per exam. So I believe it includes preparation. Also, there is of course survivorship-bias in this statistic, as it only includes the people that actually passed all three levels and doesn’t include all the people that didn’t. Hope this helps! 🙂
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@timbo since we are only taking “successful candidates” wouldn’t that confirmed the survivorship bias that @mm12 raised?
As in candidates who only completed 1 or 2 levels are not taken into account, otherwise the average might be ‘increasing’.
The only way I can think of on how to achieve the 4 years average is as follows:
Starts Level 1 in Dec:
Dec 10 – passed
Jun 11 – failed
Jun 12 – passed
Jun 13 – failed
Jun 14 – passed
Total 3.5 + 0.5 (6 months revision) = 4Starts Level 1 in Jun:
Jun 10
Jun 11 – failed
Jun 12
Jun 13 – failed
Jun 14Total 4 + 0.5 (6 months revision) = 4.5
Average = (4.5 + 4) / 2 = 4.25
However, these are only my assumptions.
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Up1
@timbo – why care about average? You all here are way above average anyway 😉
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Up0
I was probably framing there 😉 thanks for your input.
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