[NSRCA-discussion] Judge Evaluation/Ranking

[J N Hiller]

Ron, that is a lot of work. You guys did some serious head scratching to
generate usable data for evaluation.  What is not readily apparent is the
ongoing effort required to continuously add data and update the information.
The last few years I worked I was heavily involved in information gathering
and processing building management tools. XL is a powerful and easy to use
tool that was often too small for the data extracted from the ERP system.
The answer to any question always brings another and it became easier to
import massive amounts of raw data into a database tool where complex
queries could be used to extract information having multiple relationships.
XL pivot tables were often employed by individual managers to slice and dice
general query data to mix and match specific relationships to accommodate
most of the 'what If' questions'. I had Microsoft Access on my PC and found
it semi-user friendly and with the help of our in-house programmer was ably
to acquire basic user skills. Most programmers would prefer other more
powerful database tools but Access had many built in tools for reports and
user friendly queries such as individual judge performance and the ability
to present supporting detail with no more than a mouse click. If the scoring
program for a given contest retains the data it can most likely be imported
into a database program to be consolidated and queried. Redundant manual
data entry is probably not necessary if the program data files can be
momentarily linked for data transfer. I would be happy to help if I can but
I am a rank amateur compared to others.
Jim Hiller



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Ron,

This is a lot of work.  Looks nice.  Thanks to the evaluation/ranking
committee.

Now, I have a question.  How we can use this results to improve our judging?
For example, I noticed that I did well in one set but not so well in the
other.  Just wondering if there is a way to know in which maneuvers I was
having more problems.

Best regards,

--
Vicente "Vince" Bortone

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From: Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net>
The NSRCA judge evaluation/ranking committee (Tony Stillman, Matt Kebabjian
and Ron Van Putte, with Don Ramsey acting as an advisor and doing most of
the tabulation work), have posted the latest methodology and scores of the
NSRCA Judge Evaluation program on
http://www.nsrca.org/competition/judging/judging.htm
<http://www.nsrca.org/competition/judging/judging.htm>  Scroll down to the
bottom left of the page.

Please understand that this is a work-in-progress and, since results from
each competition are manually entered into the final listing, errors will
occur. As errors are discovered, they will be fixed.

Ron Van Putte

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