While studying for Pharmacology last week, i thought:

Exams were meant to indicate how much students have learnt. People usually translate this to the ability of the student to understand/memorise concepts. However, it is also a parameter for a teacher's ability to impart knowledge. In university, the administration thinks that exams measure a student's interest and, more relevantly, their ability to take notes in class. Of course, one can argue that what the lecturer fail to impart, the student can make up by diligent reading. but basically i think all uni students can do with one month of intensive dictation training before coming to uni. i need it.

empirical results show that my hypothesis is correct.
my hypothesis is: results are dependent on the students ability to take notes in class.
the results: CAP scores of my pharmacy class vary by cliches. assuming that a certain cliche all share the same notes they have taken down in class and notes are not transferred between cliches, then, my hypothesis is true.