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<DIV>RE: I would love to know how you determine a pilot bias based on score
sheets?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is information to be gleaned from score sheet
data. Just how you use it and how much faith you have in it is up to
you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have conducted many judging seminars on Saturday
evenings at contests. I scored those same contests. I judged at some of them.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ALWAYS the judging on Sunday is tighter (two judges
scores track closer together) than on Saturday. I have felt that the Judging
Seminar tended to make the Judging more consistent. I hope it is consistently
better, but without getting scientific about things, I cannot be certain.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can also see that my judging is too sympathetic
toward all the pilots. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have not scored the Nats since 2000 but I recall
that there are many instances where the judges will track within 1-1/2 point of
the mean for all judges for a round.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You cannot make any hard & fast calls on what
these numbers mean but they tend to indicate system faults.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, I think any maneuver that produces a big
variation in judge's scores should be eliminated on the grounds that fair
judging of that maneuver is unlikely. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are ways that the scoring system can be
redesigned to factor out any malicious scores. One way would be to change any
score that is more than some distance (2 points?) from the median to the median.
That would have the unintended consequence of "tightening up" the rounds scores.
Probably not much of a solution. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Try to keep in mind the ideal condition is to have
only one judge that is perfect in every way...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>John Ferrell W8CCW<BR>"Life is easier if you learn to
plow <BR> around the stumps"<BR><A
href="http://DixieNC.US">http://DixieNC.US</A><BR></DIV>
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<A title=aabdu@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:aabdu@sbcglobal.net">Anthony
Abdullah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 29, 2007 11:48
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Chapter-5
Going too far.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have followed this thread closely and have refrained from comment.
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