The phrase "assigned a reading of zero" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a measurement or value is designated as zero, often in scientific or technical discussions.
Example: "After calibrating the instrument, it was assigned a reading of zero to ensure accuracy in future measurements."
Alternatives: "designated a value of zero" or "set to a reading of zero."
To investigate this property more formally, we study the probability of correctly assigning a read to either of two haplotypes: a minor haplotype with frequency f containing the same variants as the read under consideration, and a major haplotype (representing the next most similar pre-existing reconstructed haplotype) with frequency 1 − f.
The 17%% of the sample who did not pass the pre-literacy screen were assigned a value of zero for the reading comprehension tests.
When a short read can be aligned to more than one position in the genome with the same mapping quality, this read is dropped, being assigned a mapping quality of zero.
This carefully reflects the risk of incorrectly assigning a read.
Participants were randomly assigned to read one of three different versions of a news article from the fictional Iowa Ledger describing a fictional congressional candidate named John McKenna.
If reads can be aligned to multiple locations in the genome, their exact placement is ambiguous and assigned a map quality score of zero (MQ = 0).
To every read tuple, two strings are assigned: a short read name (SRN) and a long read name (LRN).
Our respondents were randomly assigned to read one of two simulated news stories that reported the bureau's 2015 race projections.
And, of course, most American schoolchildren are at some point also assigned to read one of the twentieth century's dystopian classics for adults, such as "Brave New World" or "1984".
Like me, you likely were assigned various textbooks for courses, often with dozens of chapters, and then only assigned a small portion of those chapters as required reading.
