Special Tertiary Admissions Test
Content of STAT
STAT is designed to assess a range of competencies commonly considered important for successful tertiary study. The purpose of STAT is to appraise a candidate's ability to think critically about issues and understand the material given, rather than to assess knowledge of curriculum, or any specific academic subject.
STAT questions typically require candidates
- to read and think about a passage of writing
- interpret graphical displays of information
- use mathematical relationships
- reason about tables of data.
The questions are based on a wide range of stimulus materials. All the information required to answer questions is contained in the tests. The test of Written English is designed to assess candidates' ability to organise and express their thoughts in a logical and effective way.
Several forms of STAT are used for admission to different courses:
- STAT Multiple Choice - used by Tertiary Admission Centres
- STAT F or STAT T - used by some individual institutions
- STAT Written English - used in some instances by Tertiary Admission Centres and individual institutions.
(Please Note: STAT Written English is required for applications to universities in Western Australia. It may also be required for some courses in Victoria, NSW and ACT.)
The STAT F, STAT T and STAT Multiple Choice tests are two hours in duration, each containing 70 multiple-choice questions, half of which are Verbal (V) and half are Quantitative (Q) questions.
- Verbal items - interpretation and understanding of ideas in humanities and social sciences material
- Quantitative items - comprehension and application of scientific and mathematical information.
The STAT Written English test is a one-hour test of the candidates' ability to
express themselves in writing.