SSC Normalization Method for the Examinations of the Commission
sscexamnotes.comFebruary 07, 2019
The Staff Selection Commission has already decided to normalize
the scores of candidates for the examinations which are conducted in
multi-shifts to take into account any variation in the difficulty levels of the
question papers across different shifts. The normalization is done based
on the fundamental assumption that "in all multi-shift examinations, the
distribution of abilities of candidates is the same across all the shifts".
This assumption is justified since the number of candidates appearing in
multiple shifts in the examinations conducted by the Commission is large
and the procedure for allocation of examination shift to candidates is
random. The following formula will be used by the Commission to
calculate final score of candidates in the multi-shift examinations:
