Questions are not marked. This marking scheme does not grade the questions and allows them to be used as a questionnaire or survey.
Questions are graded with an all or nothing policy.
- All correct answers must be selected to attain a mark on the question.
- Any incorrect answer selected will result in zero on the question.
- Questions that only have a single response in the answer key will generate an error if there is more than one answer in the response.
Negative marking allows for partial marks to be assigned for correct answers but deducts marks for any incorrect answer options selected.
- Partial marks are awarded for every correct answer option selected with the formula
(1 / total number of correct options) * total number of correct options selected - Partial marks are deducted for every incorrect answer option selected with the formula
(1 / total number of incorrect options) * total number of incorrect options selected - Questions that only have a single response in the answer key will generate an error if there is more than one answer in the response.
Non-negative marking allows for partial marks to be assigned for correct answers with no deductions for any incorrect answer options that are selected.
- Partial marks are awarded for every correct answer option selected with the formula
(1 / total number of correct options) * total number of correct options selected - Questions that only have a single response in the answer key will generate an error if there is more than one answer in the response.