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Date	Process	Result
March 23, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
April 11, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 27, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
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Section size for SAT (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	10,575	10,575	367	367
Function	14,741	14,741	621	621
Structure	4,568	11,460	333	770
Reading and Writing	829	829	66	66
Mathematics	3,816	3,816	257	257
Style of questions	2,247	2,247	114	114
Logistics	17	3,010	0	236
Frequency	2,278	2,278	144	144
Fees	363	363	49	49
Accommodation for candidates with disabilities	352	352	43	43
Change from paper-based to digital	3,981	3,981	346	346
Scaled scores and percentiles	3,114	9,531	258	431
Percentiles for total scores (2019)	1,036	1,036	0	0
Percentiles for total scores (2006)	2,073	2,073	35	35
Percentiles for total scores (1984)	933	933	0	0
Percentiles for verbal and math scores (1969–70)	1,354	1,354	66	66
Ceilings and trends	1,021	1,021	72	72
SAT–ACT score comparisons	4,252	4,252	193	193
Elucidation	19	115,086	0	7,211
Preparation	14,184	14,184	710	710
Predictive validity and powers	18,389	18,389	1,070	1,070
Difficulty and relative weight	6,804	6,804	429	429
Recognition	427	427	27	27
Association with general cognitive ability	8,061	8,061	475	475
Association with college or university majors and rankings	6,955	6,955	452	452
Association with types of schooling	1,455	1,455	92	92
Association with educational and societal standings and outcomes	5,925	5,925	481	481
Association with family structures	2,375	2,375	211	211
Sex differences	25	16,309	0	960
In performance	10,991	10,991	526	526
In strategizing	1,706	1,706	169	169
In confidence	1,526	1,526	147	147
In glucose metabolism	2,061	2,061	118	118
Association with race and ethnicity	12,991	12,991	868	868
Test-taking population	4,634	4,634	443	443
Use in non-collegiate contexts	40	16,558	0	993
By high-IQ societies	1,186	1,186	89	89
By researchers	10,462	10,462	595	595
By employers	4,870	4,870	309	309
Perception	18	22,096	0	1,480
Math–verbal achievement gap	824	824	42	42
Optional SAT	19,258	19,258	1,249	1,249
Writing section	1,996	1,996	189	189
History	10,123	10,123	627	627
Name changes	4,100	4,100	262	262
Reuse of old SAT exams	2,603	2,603	105	105
See also	294	294	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Further reading	2,200	2,200	0	0
External links	292	292	0	0
Total	214,400	214,400	12,649	12,649

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