The phrase "a formal score" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to music, academia, or any situation where a structured or official document is required.
Example: "The conductor reviewed a formal score before the rehearsal to ensure all musicians were on the same page."
Alternatives: "an official score" or "a structured score".
It does not provide a formal scoring procedure for studies.
We carried out a survey in our hospital looking at which patients were having their MEWS scores calculated, and therefore judged to be at risk of deterioration, and compared their MEWS scores and outcome (inpatient mortality) with those who were not having a formal scoring system carried out.
Use of a formal scoring system for patients with pneumonia also increased over time (from 2% (102) to 23% (111) in control hospitals and from 2% (170) to 9% (189) in SPI1 hospitals), which favoured controls and was not significant (0.3, 0.02 to 3.4; P=0.173.4
Similarly, high formal abstract quality was defined by a formal quality score within the highest tertile of summary scores.
Over 15-27 months, those reconsidered for a loan were more likely to have a formal credit score.
Also the women with a formal income scored well (OR: 3.18; 95% CI: 1.98-5.11) compared to the women without formal income.
Prior to formal scoring, both scorers (ND and AM) undertook a training calibration exercise which involved scoring five further sets of plain radiographs and CT scans.
Dragon kill points or DKP are a semi-formal score-keeping system (loot system) used by guilds in massively multiplayer online games.
They also enhance energy security and help the less well-off with their fuel bills, although these benefits were not taken into account in our formal scoring.
Now one can hear his Broadway works in the opera house and his cabaret songs in recitals; and suites from his jazz-influenced early theater works appear in the concert hall more often than his more formal scores.
