NEET PG 2024: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has conducted the NEET PG examination 2024 on Sunday, August 11, in two shifts – the first from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm and the next from 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm, instead of the usual single-shift format. With the new system, the NBEMS has issued a notice explaining the standardization procedure adopted by the medical examination board for preparing the results.
“NBEMS has adopted the process currently being used by AIIMS-New Delhi for its various examinations conducted in more than one service, including but not limited to INI-CET, in preparation for the NEET-PG 2024 results,” the NBEMS statement said.
The NBEMS cited a notification from AIIMS Delhi dated January 20, 2023, which stated that the percentile score will be considered as the normalized score for the exam.
NEET PG 2024 Exam: Normalization
The normalization of the score (percentile score) indicates the percentage of candidates who scored equal or lower (same or lower raw scores) than that particular percentile in that exam. Therefore, the top (highest score) of each group (shift) gets the same percentile of 100, which is desirable. The points obtained between the highest and lowest scores are converted to appropriate percentiles.
Candidates should note that the exam results for each service are prepared in the form of raw scores and percentages. The percentile scores are calculated to 7 decimal places to avoid the accumulation effect and reduce ties.
NEET PG Exam 2024: Standardization Process
In this method, the highest score for each exam (regardless of the raw scores/percentages achieved) is the 100th percentile. This indicates that 100% of the candidates achieved a score equal to or lower than the candidate with the highest score/top score for that service.
For example, in shift 1, if the highest score is 80%, in shift 2, if the highest score is 82%, in shift 3, if the highest score is 78%, and in shift 4, if the highest score is 79%, all the highest scores are normalized to the 100th percentile for their respective group/shift.
The lowest score would have a percentile depending on the total number of candidates who took the exam. For example, suppose 100,000 students took the test in a shift, and the highest score (A) for that group/shift is 160 / 200 (80%), and the lowest score (B) is—3 / 200 (-1.5%).
If no other candidate has a score equal to or less than A, then the percentile score of A, the highest scorer, is 100 (since all or 100% of the candidates have a score equal to or less than A).
The percentile score of B (the lowest scorer) will be 0.001, since the percentage of candidates with scores equal to or below 0.001 would be. [(1/100000) *100].
If a candidate (C) has a raw score similar to A, then both A and C would have a percentile score of 100.
Similarly, if another candidate (D) had a raw score equal to B's, then both B and D would have a percentile score of 0.002. [(2/100000) *100]So a draw would have similar percentages.
The resolution of bands will be as per the scheme of examination published in the prospectus. If the same is not mentioned in the prospectus, older in age will be ranked higher in cases of bands.
