In some places a letter grade or numerical score must be prominently posted following each inspection.

Based on the responses to those questions, programs were given a numerical score that aligned with a categorical scale of performance ranging from effective, moderately effective, adequate or ineffective.

At intervals of 50 successful hits, the idol or idols will perform a special appeal to the audience which suddenly increases the voltage meter and the overall numerical score.

Some 7,500 people took part, submitting some 75,000 brief reviews and numerical scores for food, service and ambience of the establishments they had visited in the past 12 months.

In this universe, ethics are no human construct; they are woven into the framework of reality; they even yield numerical scores.