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Discover LudwigThe phrase "allocating a mark" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to grading, assessment, or assigning value to something, such as in education or evaluation processes.
Example: "The teacher is responsible for allocating a mark to each student's assignment based on the established criteria."
Alternatives: "assigning a grade" or "designating a score".
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To facilitate comparison of the frequency of types of cheating, a mean score for the teachers' responses was calculated, allocating a mark of 4 for 'often', 3 for 'sometimes', 2 for 'occasionally', 1 for 'rarely', and 0 otherwise, these are shown for each university in Table 3, this table also shows the results for the Mann-Whitney U-test, the use of which is explained below.
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Each judge allocates a mark from 0 through 10 (10 being perfect) for each figure of a sequence, and a score is arrived at by multiplying the K factor of the figure by this mark.
For item one, respondents were allocated half a mark for each of the PICO (Population, Intervention, Control or Comparator, Outcome) components provided in their question.
Braille literacy is low in Sierra Leone, so the tactile ballot papers used a simplified method that allocated a fixed number of raised bumps to each political party, allowing the voter to identify and mark their candidate of choice.
His testimony helped allocate a further $30m.
Each actor is allocated a dressing room.
And was then allocated a middle seat.
They are allocated a lane each.
The President is allocated a personal usher.
Allocate a weekly spending budget.
(experienced marker) GP1: How I tend to do things partly because of experience and partly because of my style, is to decide on a grade and then work backwards as to how and where to allocate the mark to make that grade in the first place, if that makes any sense.
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