Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0450 Business Studies November 2013 Grade Thresholds

BUSINESS STUDIES
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0450 (Business Studies) in the October/November 2013 examination.

maximum mark available Component 11 Component 12 Component 13 Component 21 Component 22 Component 23 100 100 100 100 100 100

minimum mark required for grade: A 60 62 60 63 62 64 C 40 43 39 46 44 45 E 27 29 27 33 30 30 F 22 23 21 28 26 26

The threshold (minimum mark) for B is set halfway between those for Grades A and C. The threshold (minimum mark) for D is set halfway between those for Grades C and E. The threshold (minimum mark) for G is set as many marks below the F threshold as the E threshold is above it. Grade A* does not exist at the level of an individual component. The thresholds for the syllabus are determined first by adding together the thresholds for the components taken by the candidate. A reduction may be made at the higher grades depending on the correlation of the papers. If the maximum raw marks for the components are not in the weighting/relationship specified in the syllabus, a weighting is applied to arrive at the overall thresholds. The A* threshold is calculated using the difference between A and B as a starting point. The maximum total mark for this syllabus is 200 (without coursework) or 250 (with coursework). The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Option AX AY AZ BX BY CY

Combination of components 11, 21 12, 22 13, 23 03, 11, 21 03, 12, 22 12, 22, 83

A* 142 143 144 174 187 187

A 123 124 124 162 163 163

B 104 105 104 138 139 139

C 86 87 84 115 116 116

D 73 73 70 97 97 97

E 60 59 57 79 78 78

F 50 49 47 64 63 63

G 40 39 37 49 48 48

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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0450 Business Studies November 2013 Grade Thresholds Grade Thresholds are published for all Cambridge International AS/A Level and Cambridge IGCSE subjects where a corresponding mark scheme is available.

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