GATE 2024 Normalisation Process: How to Calculate GATE Score?

How Scores Are Calculated for the GATE Exam - The GATE 2024 scorecard has been made available for download on March 23, 2024. IISc Bangalore released the GATE result 2024 on March 16, at gate2024.iisc.ac.in. The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2024 was conducted in multiple sessions and time slots for a total of 30 subjects. GATE is one of the most popular entrance exams in India to get admission into various postgraduate programs in IITs, NITs, IIITs, and PSU jobs. GATE 2024 normalisation process is used to generate an unbiased score because the level of difficulty of the same paper conducted in two slots may differ.

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To determine a score that is equal to the level of difficulty, the exam authorities will employ a normalisation procedure.The candidates' score out of 1000 will subsequently be determined using the normalised score from the GATE 2024 exam. The GATE score of a candidate is the number of points earned out of a possible 1000. Students frequently question how the GATE is normalised and how scores are determined. To learn more about GATE normalisation process 2024 and GATE score calculation, continue reading.

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About GATE Normalisation Process 2024

GATE 2024 papers is being conducted in multiple sessions. Different sessions will have different levels of difficulty for the GATE paper. Hence, in order to conduct a fair examination and evaluate a fair cutoff score, the normalisation process will be done. Often candidates who have appeared for the exam get confused as to how the normalisation process is done and how is the final score calculated for GATE. This article will demonstrate the formula and process for the GATE normalisation process to help students get an idea about the same.

Difference Between GATE Score and Normalised Score

The GATE score and the normalised score are not the same and are calculated using different formulas and processes. Below given are some of the points which demonstrate how the GATE score differs from the normalised score:

• While the GATE score is done for all the papers and is reflected on the scorecard of GATE, the normalised score is only calculated for the papers conducted in multiple sessions and are reflected through the GATE result.

• The examination board does not use the normalised score to calculate the final marks of the candidate. The GATE score is used to calculate the final marks.

• While all the candidates who have appeared for GATE 2023 can avail of the normalised score, only the qualified students can avail of the GATE score.

The below section will demonstrate the detailed process of the GATE normalisation process, along with the formula used to derive the normalised score for GATE.

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The Formula for GATE Normalisation Process

The standard deviation and variance formula is used for calculating the normalised score for the candidates appearing in the multi-session papers of GATE.

The actual formula which is used to calculate the GATE normalisation score is:

Where,

mij: the marks obtained by the candidate in the session

mgt: the average marks of candidates for all sessions

mgq: the sum of mean & Standard deviation for all sessions

mti: the average marks of candidates for one session

miq: the sum of mean & Standard deviation for one session

Let us understand the normalisation process with the help of a case study.

Let us assume there are 5 candidates who have appeared for the GATE multi-session papers. The marks obtained by all of the 5 candidates out of full marks are as follows:

Now, the average score for the marks obtained by all the candidates will be calculated using the formula:

C1 + C2 + C3 + C4 + C5/ 5

Which will be: 144 + 152 + 142 + 132 + 120/ 5

= 690/ 5

=183, which is the average score

Further, the variance of the average score for all the candidates will be calculated using the formula:

Square of the sum of (Actual score- Average score)/ total candidates

Which will be: sq. [(144-138) + (152-138) - (142-138) - (138-132) + (138-120)]/ 5

Variance will be: sq. 6 + sq. 14 + sq. 4 +sq. 6 + sq. 18/ 5

= 24

Now, the standard deviation for the calculated variance will be derived using the formula: Sq. root (variance)

Which will be: sq. root (24)

= 4.89

= 5 (Nearest sum)

This will be the final normalised score.

After the calculation of the normalised score, the final score is released by the GATE examination authority for all the papers.

GATE Scorecard 2024

The GATE 2024 scorecard has been released for the qualifying candidates at gate2024.iisc.ac.in, after the normalisation of the scores obtained by candidates,. The GATE 2024 Scorecard is an important document as all the admission for the candidates will be done on the basis of the marks on the scorecard of the candidate. Students are advised to visit the official website to download the GATE scorecard as per the prescribed date. The scorecard for GATE will consist of the following details:

• The score obtained by the candidate in the GATE 2024 exam.

• Validity of Score

• All India Rank for the candidate for that paper

• Total marks out of 100

• GATE 2024 Qualifying marks

• The number of candidates who appeared for the exam.

How to Calculate GATE Normalised Score 2024?

GATE 2024 conducting institute i.e. IISc Bangalore uses formulas to convert the marks of the candidate into scores. Since certain exams are given over multiple sessions, a suitable normalisation formula is applied to take into consideration any variations in the question paper difficulty between sessions. The fundamental tenet of the GATE 2024 normalisation process is that "the distribution of candidates' abilities is the same across all sessions in all multi-session GATE papers." This premise is proven by the enormous number of candidates who appear in GATE multi-session papers and the random session allocation process.

How to Calculate GATE Score 2024?

Prior to beginning any computations, remember that the GATE score will be derived from the candidate's actual GATE marks. The GATE Score is determined using the applicants' actual marks for all exams that have a single session. For exams taken over several sessions, the GATE score is determined using normalised marks. The qualifying scores, raw marks, or normalised marks earned by the candidate in one or more sessions will be used to compute their GATE 2024 score. While the normalised score is computed for papers completed over multiple sessions, the GATE score is determined for every exam on the scorecard. The normalised score of a candidate is not used in determining their final score. The GATE Score must be utilised to determine the final score of GATE. 

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