{"id":327,"date":"2015-06-16T14:26:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T21:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gmat-genius.com\/blog\/?p=327"},"modified":"2015-06-16T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T21:26:47","slug":"analysis-2016-gmat-official-guide-verbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmatgenius.com\/blog\/analysis-2016-gmat-official-guide-verbal\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis of 2016 GMAT Official Guide Verbal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2016<\/a>I worked closely with the publisher of the Official Guide for GMAT Review in the weeks leading up to the June 8 release of the 2016 editions, to help improve the online version of the Official Guides. In the fourth post of this series of analysis of the 2016 GMAT Official Guides, we now turn to the verbal section of the main Official Guide. We will focus on how the 2016 GMAT Official Guide<\/a> differs from the 2015 edition in terms of verbal question difficulty and verbal concepts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sentence Correction \u2013 Difficulty<\/h2>\n

Both the 2015 and 2016 editions of the GMAT Official Guide contain 140 Sentence Correction questions, excluding the identical 18 Sentence Correction questions in the Diagnostic Exam portion of the guides. But the allocation of question difficulty<\/strong>, as assigned by the GMAC, has noticeably shifted away from Medium<\/strong>. A big portion of these change resulted from the GMAC upgrading 23 questions from Medium difficulty<\/strong> (in the 2015 edition) to Hard<\/strong> (in the 2016 edition). <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Difficulty<\/strong><\/th>\n2016<\/strong><\/th>\n2015<\/strong><\/th>\nChange<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Easy<\/strong><\/td>\n29<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n+3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/strong><\/td>\n39<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n(25)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard<\/strong><\/td>\n72<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n+22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n140<\/td>\n140<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A total of 35 brand new questions<\/strong>, which we have never seen before, appear in the 2016 GMAT Official Guide, with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 10 \/ 8 \/ 17<\/strong>. This is in lieu of 35 questions from the 2015 edition that have been removed, with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 2 \/ 16 \/ 17. Let\u2019s further break down how each of these difficulty categories has changed.<\/p>\n

Easy Sentence Correction<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n10 new questions
\n2 downgraded from Medium<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n2 questions removed
\n7 upgraded to Medium<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> +3 questions<\/p>\n

Medium Sentence Correction<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n8 new questions
\n7 upgraded from Easy
\n1 downgraded from Hard<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n16 questions removed
\n2 downgraded to Easy
\n23 upgraded to Hard<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> -25 questions<\/p>\n

Hard Sentence Correction<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n17 new questions
\n23 upgraded from Medium<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n17 questions removed
\n1 downgraded to Medium<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> +22 questions<\/p>\n

Sentence Correction – Concepts<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s now consider changes in the concepts of the 35 new (in 2016) and the 35 removed (from 2015) Sentence Correction questions. We have categorized these questions based on the primary grammar concepts that are tested on Sentence Correction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Concept<\/strong><\/th>\n2016<\/strong><\/th>\n2015<\/strong><\/th>\nChange<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Verb Agreement<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Verb Tense<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pronoun Ambiguity<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pronoun Agreement <\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parallel Construction<\/strong><\/td>\n10<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n(2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Misplaced Modifiers<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Idioms<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n(3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comparison & Quantity<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Expression & Meaning<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Although we cannot draw definite conclusions from this data about question composition on the GMAT, what stands out is the decrease in idioms-related questions and the increase in expression \/ meaning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Critical Reasoning – Difficulty<\/h2>\n

Both the 2015 and 2016 editions of the GMAT Official Guide contain 124 Critical Reasoning questions, excluding the identical 17 Critical Reasoning questions in the Diagnostic Exam portion of the guides. The allocation of question difficulty has slightly shifted towards Hard<\/strong>. This change has primarily resulted from the GMAC upgrading 10 Medium questions (in the 2015 edition) to Hard (in the 2016 edition). <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Difficulty<\/strong><\/th>\n2016<\/strong><\/th>\n2015<\/strong><\/th>\nChange<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Easy<\/strong><\/td>\n35<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/strong><\/td>\n41<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n(6)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard<\/strong><\/td>\n48<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n+7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n124<\/td>\n124<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A total of 34 brand new questions<\/strong>, which we have never seen before, appear in the 2016 GMAT Official Guide, with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 7 \/ 16 \/ 11<\/strong>. This is in lieu of 34 questions from the 2015 edition that have been removed, with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 7 \/ 14 \/ 13. Let\u2019s further break down how each of these difficulty categories has changed.<\/p>\n

Easy Critical Reasoning<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n7 new questions<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n7 question removed
\n1 upgraded to Medium<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> -1 questions<\/p>\n

Medium Critical Reasoning<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n16 new questions
\n1 upgraded from Easy
\n1 downgraded from Hard<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n14 questions removed
\n10 upgraded to Hard<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> -6 questions<\/p>\n

Hard Critical Reasoning<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n11 new questions
\n10 upgraded from Medium<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n13 questions removed
\n1 downgraded to Medium<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> +7 questions<\/p>\n

Critical Reasoning – Concepts<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s now consider changes in the concepts of the 34 new (in 2016) and the 34 removed (from 2015) Critical Reasoning questions. We have grouped these questions based on the question type categorization that GMAT Genius uses for Critical Reasoning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Concept<\/strong><\/th>\n2016<\/strong><\/th>\n2015<\/strong><\/th>\nChange<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Weaken<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n(2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strengthen<\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assumption<\/strong><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reasoning<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n(3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Explain<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evaluate<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n(1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boldface<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Complete the Passage<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Although we cannot draw definite conclusions from this data about question composition on the GMAT, what stands out is an increase in the Assumption category offset by a decrease in the Conclusion<\/strong> category.<\/p>\n

Reading Comprehension – Difficulty<\/h2>\n

Both the 2015 and 2016 editions of the GMAT Official Guide contain 139 Reading Comprehension questions, excluding the identical 17 Reading Comprehension questions in the Diagnostic Exam portion of the guides. The allocation of question difficulty has noticeably shifted towards Easy<\/strong>, although the 2015 edition was admittedly underweighted in Easy questions. The GMAT downgraded 18 questions from Medium (in 2015) to Easy (in 2016), and 5 questions from Hard (in 2015) to Medium (in 2016). These downgrades account for most of the changes in question difficulty.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Difficulty<\/strong><\/th>\n2016<\/strong><\/th>\n2015<\/strong><\/th>\nChange<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Easy<\/strong><\/td>\n47<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n+24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Medium<\/strong><\/td>\n59<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n(15)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard<\/strong><\/td>\n33<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n(9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n139<\/td>\n139<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

A total of 31 brand new questions<\/strong>, which we have never seen before, appear in the 2016 GMAT Official Guide, with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 9 \/ 6 \/ 16<\/strong>. These 31 questions are in 6 new passages with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 2 \/ 1 \/ 3. <\/p>\n

A total of 31 questions have been removed from the 2015 edition, with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 3 \/ 8 \/ 20. This represents 6 passages with difficulty ratings of Easy \/ Medium \/ Hard as follows: 1 \/ 2 \/ 3. Let\u2019s further break down how each of these difficulty categories has changed.<\/p>\n

Easy Reading Comprehension<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n9 new questions
\n18 downgraded from Medium<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n3 question removed<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> +24 questions<\/p>\n

Medium Reading Comprehension<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n6 new questions
\n5 downgraded from Hard<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n8 questions removed
\n18 downgraded to Easy<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> -15 questions<\/p>\n

Hard Reading Comprehension<\/h3>\n

Additions:<\/em>
\n16 new questions<\/p>\n

Subtractions:<\/em>
\n20 questions removed
\n5 downgraded to Medium<\/p>\n

Net change:<\/em> -9 questions<\/p>\n

Reading Comprehension – Concepts<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s now consider changes in the concepts of the 31 new (in 2016) and the 31 removed (from 2015) Reading Comprehension questions. We have grouped these questions based on the question type categorization that GMAT Genius uses for Reading Comprehension<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Concept<\/strong><\/th>\n2016<\/strong><\/th>\n2015<\/strong><\/th>\nChange<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Primary Purpose<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author\u2019s Tone<\/strong><\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Organization<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Function<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Specific Reference<\/strong><\/td>\n9<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n(8)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inference<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Critical Reasoning<\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Although we cannot draw definite conclusions from this data about question composition on the GMAT, what clearly stands out is the big decrease in the Specific Reference category and the increase in the Function<\/strong> category.<\/p>\n

Removed Questions<\/h2>\n

Here is the list of the verbal questions in the 2015 edition of the GMAT Official Guide that have been removed <\/strong>. We\u2019ll soon publish a list of the new verbal questions in the 2016 GMAT Official Guides.<\/p>\n

Sentence Correction \u2013 35 questions removed:<\/h3>\n

11, 18, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 37, 44, 45, 66, 77, 80, 82, 83, 85, 88, 89, 98, 108, 110, 113, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129, 130, 131, 134, 135, 137<\/p>\n

Critical Reasoning \u2013 34 questions removed:<\/h3>\n

4, 16, 21, 23, 25, 26, 32, 49, 53, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 80, 87, 96, 103, 105, 108, 110, 112, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123<\/p>\n

Reading Comprehension \u2013 31 questions removed:<\/h3>\n

8 to 10, 42 to 44, 93 to 98, 104 to 139<\/p>\n

Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n

We cannot draw firm conclusions about the GMAC\u2019s intent in making changes to the verbal question composition in the 2016 GMAT Official Guide. That said, we can observe certain trends and speculate on what those changes may imply.<\/p>\n

By downgrading 23 Reading Comprehension questions without upgrading any questions, the GMAC seems to imply a greater rigor within Reading Comprehension<\/strong>. On the other hand, by upgrading 23 Sentence Correction questions and 10 Critical Reasoning questions from Medium to Hard, the GMAC implies slightly less rigor<\/strong> in these areas than perhaps it did previously. <\/p>\n

A shift from idioms-related questions towards expression & meaning in Sentence Correction is consistent with the GMAC\u2019s greater emphasis on understanding sentence structure rather than just learning grammatical rules<\/strong>. A shift from Conclusion to Assumption questions in Critical Reasoning and a shift from Specific Reference to Function questions in Reading Comprehension provide further evidence that the GMAC seems to be placing greater emphasis on analytical reasoning skills to solve CR and RC<\/strong> questions. <\/p>\n

Next up from GMAT Genius — look for detailed reviews of the 2016 GMAT Official Guides. Please leave a comment or get in touch if you have any questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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