How is GMAT Integrated Reasoning Scored?

Integrated Reasoning

The GMAT has a unique section called Integrated Reasoning which has four question types (total 12 questions).

 They measure how well you integrate data to solve complex problems and test the following skills:

• Synthesizing information presented in graphics, text, and numbers
• Evaluating relevant information from different sources
• Organizing information to see relationships and to solve multiple, interrelated problems
• Combining and manipulating information from multiple sources to solve complex problems

Basically, you are given charts, graphs, tables, or other sets of data and asked to interpret them to provide meaningful answers to the questions asked.

Scoring

Both the GRE and the GMAT use an adaptive exam format, but in different ways. The computer adaptive format on the GMAT chooses each question based on your performance on the previous question(s) - you must answer each question in order, and you cannot skip questions or go back to prior questions. That is why the GMAT is called a CAT – a Computer Adaptive Test.

The GRE, on the other hand, is section-adaptive: your second sections of Verbal and Math adapt (become harder or easier) depending on your overall performance in your first section of Verbal and Math, respectively. You can skip questions and move around within a section, much as you can on more traditional, paper-based exams. Mercifully!

The GRE gives three different scaled scores:

• A Quantitative score reported on a 130-170 score scale, in 1-point increments
• A Verbal score reported on a 130-170 score scale, in 1-point increments
• An Analytical Writing score reported on a 0-6 score scale, in half-point increments

The GMAT provides five separate scores:

• A Quantitative Score on a scale of 0 to 60, in 1-point increment
• A Verbal Score on a scale of 0 to 60, in 1-point increment
• A Total Score on a scale of 200 to 800, in 10-point increments; only the scores on Verbal and Quantitative Ability sections count towards your TOTAL score. We are not privy to how a Quant/Verbal combo is converted to a TOTAL score.
• An Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA) score reported on a 0-6 score scale, in half-point increments
• An Integrated Reasoning (IR) score reported on a 1-8 score scale, in 1-point increment

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