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Marks allocation

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  • May 1, 2018 at 10:08 am #449632
    Vasiliy
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    Dear sir,
    I don’t clearly understand how marker allocate marks. For example for 10m question I was asked to analyse the value chain. I don’t know how many relevant point should I make to get full marks and how many marks I can get for each relevant point of analysis.
    Regards

    May 1, 2018 at 11:44 am #449642
    Ken Garrett
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    No one really knows because you don’t see the marking scheme in advance. If the verb is ‘analyse’ then it seems that in general it id 1.5 marks per well explained point. Some elements of the value chain in the scenario will be more fruitful than others, so don’t treat each part equally.

    I think is it probably more useful to say that 10 marks is about 20 minutes time to spend and for that you should aim to write at least 1.25 pages. Make your points succinctly so that you get lots in, but don’t just write two or three word phrases like:

    Output logistics: own lorries

    That is a simple description, not really an analysis. An analysis implies more, such as saying, perhaps, that this allows the company to carefully control deliveries, but might be an expensive method compared to using a logistics company.

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