GMAT add 'INTEGRATED REASONING' section

Updated on Wed, 06 June 2012 at 15:59 IST

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam has introduced a new section named "integrated reasoning". This new section will measure a student's ability to convert data from multiple sources and in different formats into relevant information to solve problems.

It will involve synthesizing data presented in graphics, text and numbers, converting data from multiple sources into meaningful information, organizing information to see relationships and solve multiple, interrelated problems and combining and manipulating data from one or more sources to solve complex problems.

 
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