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subscore

subscore

1 4.3
A score for one part of a test, like math or reading
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌbˌskɔr/
  • Specialized
: subpuntuación
  • The items within the assessment tool are grouped into subscores as follows:
  • a total of subscores
  • cumulative subscore
  • reading subscores

Examples

  • More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below.

    Blog text (3)
  • The 10-item leadership behavior scale produced four subscores and a total leadership behavior score.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You can create a formula in Excel that will add the subscores automatically as you enter the scores.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Often, examination of cumulative subscores alone can mask important detail.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The latter subscores of the MATS yielded significant positive and negative relationships, respectively, with grade point average.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Perhaps a learning disability profile existed, not at the subtest level but in the relationship between the two subscores of the WISC.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The lower correlation coefficient indicates that the two subscores were contributing somewhat different information to the composite.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The 15-item job-related stress questionnaire produced 15 subscores and a total job-related stress score.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Her overall score is the 22nd percentile, and all of her subscores are below the median (i.e., the 50th percentile) for ninth graders.

    Academic text (2015)
  • When analyzing her test results, she noticed she received a high subscore in mathematics.

How High

score
735 1.3
subscore
  • Specialized
1 4.3
scale value
1 4.6

Surface Forms

subscore singular
subscores plural

Morphology

subscore = score (transparent) = sub + score

The prefix 'sub-' clearly indicates a part of a whole, making the meaning of 'subscore' easily derivable from 'score'.

Etymology

Subscore is made of sub- meaning 'under' or 'part', as in subway, and score meaning 'points'. So a subscore is the points given for a smaller part of a larger test, under the total score.