Good points (no pun intended). The emporer has no clothes, Andy. Which 5-3's will clear at Wake is random as it is (at least with regard to the differences between the bottom 5-3's that do clear versus the top 5-3's who just miss clearing. We *pretend* that it is meaningful. Yes, there will be a new form of randomness introduced. At least there is some *potential* in the new system for points to have meaning in relation to performance.
Making 20-30 "work" has been tired and failed, Josh. One hypothesis I have is that no judge wants to give, and debaters do not want to recieve, less than a 27. 20-26 is *percieved* as (and therefore "means") BAD. There is no reason 40-45 needs to be seen in that same way. Choosing a scale that is not a multiple of 30 is part of that. This discussion is another. At least we have an *opportunity) to create some breathing room in our evaluations. -- Ross K. Smith Director of Debate Wake Forest University 336-251-2076 (c) 336-758-5268 (o) http://groups.wfu.edu/debate/ http://www.DebateScoop.org _______________________________________________ CEDA-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.ndtceda.com/mailman/listinfo/ceda-l
