scaling, that is creation of scaled score.
Scaling places the scores from different
tests or test forms on to a common
scale. There ... different methods of
statistical scoring. Standard score
method, linear standard score method,
normalised equipercentile method are
some of the recognised methods for
scaling
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affidavit filed in the Supreme Court had already disclosed the scaling
method adopted by it and thus the said scaling method could no longer ... bearing on the following years. Accordingly, holding that the
scaling method already stood disclosed and there was no bar to the
disclosure
History scale, to a common scale. Scaling is the exercise of putting the marks which are the results of different scales adopted in different subjects ... scaled marks'. Scaling process, whereby raw marks in different subjects are adjusted to a common scale, is a recognized method of ensuring uniformity inter
scaling methods. The Normalised Equi-Percentile method used by the UPSC has been explained as under:
Normalized-equi percentile method. This method is based ... above , the scaling method utilized by the UPSC is the Normalized Equi-Percentile Method with, perhaps, some customization. The scaled marks obtained in the optional
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affidavit filed in the Supreme Court had already disclosed the scaling
method adopted by it and thus the said scaling method could no longer ... bearing on the following years. Accordingly, holding that the
scaling method already stood disclosed and there was no bar to the
disclosure
Judge that the disclosure of the
cut off marks or the scaling method would "enable short cut techniques by
coaching institutes which would reduce ... linear method known as the Standard Deviation method whereas what was
followed by the UPSC was the Normalized Equi-percentile method.
12. After going through
secrecy or
confidentiality about the raw marks and the method of
scaling/actualization adopted by an examiner and that the objective ... fairness and transparency, disclosure of raw
marks, cut off marks and scaling method adopted is a must;
(b) judgment dated 2nd September, 2013 of Single
higher scoring in optional papers had introduced and adopted the scaling methodology which has been developed after consulting renowned experts in the field ... competitive position of third parties.
(iv) Statistical aspects of the scaling method relate to the confidentiality and viability of the method and individual marks
asked for cut off marks (Points 8 & 18 and
scaling method (Pt. 9, 10, 11, 17, 18 & 19)
The appeal was heard
followed a system
of scaling. It outsourced scaling to some other agency namely Noybl Lab.
According to the Petitioners, the scaling has not been done ... after scaling. Scaling has to
be done according to a mathematical formula and if the raw marks are
same, the marks after scaling cannot
