[NSRCA-discussion] NSRCA BOD Meeting, 27 September

[Ronald Van Putte]

If data is missing from some years, we should start from the most recent missing data and continue forward.  I can't believe we are missing 2011 data.  How about 2010 data, etc?

Choosing our top three (or five) judges should be based on the best available data and not just on the latest, simply because we now have a software program that does it for us.

Ron Van Putte

On Oct 1, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Derek Koopowitz wrote:

> I think skewed is probably the wrong word... :-)
> 
> I'm certainly not speaking for Jon, but I'm thinking that perhaps Jon meant that we are missing data for several years and really the only way to do this properly is to start over and ensure that it is done right especially now that we have a software program that does it for us.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Ronald Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
> I just looked at the minutes of the NSRCA Board of Directors' Meeting on 27 September:   http://nsrca.us/documents/boardmeetings/Board_Meeting_Minutes_-_09-27-2012.pdf
> 
> It includes:  "Jon Carter discusses FAI F3A judges to recommend for World Championship. Ranking is based on Nationals finals for FAI and Masters only. Jon recommends that we restart data as the older material is slightly skewed. It is decided to use new data from 2012 forward because and due to Scott Smith’s new software for scoring."
> 
> Perhaps one of the NSRCA Board members can explain what is meant by, "the older material is slightly skewed."  
> 
> I can understand the inference of a skewing of interpretation of judging data, but data from one year is no better than data from another year.  The data includes contestants, judges and scores.  To me that means that data is data and 2012 data is no better than 2011 data and so on.
> 
> Ron Van Putte
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