Administering the National Debate Tournament [microform] : An Outline of the Powermatching and Judge Assignment Procedures / Walter Ulrich and K. Michelle Howard.

Noting that a series of mechanical rules created for pairing and placement of judges at the National Debate Tournament (NDT) may be useful in developing a computer program to pair tournaments, this paper focuses on the methods used to pair rounds at the NDT and also looks at some pairing options fre...

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Main Author: Ulrich, Walter
Other Authors: Howard, K. Michelle
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985.
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Summary:Noting that a series of mechanical rules created for pairing and placement of judges at the National Debate Tournament (NDT) may be useful in developing a computer program to pair tournaments, this paper focuses on the methods used to pair rounds at the NDT and also looks at some pairing options frequently employed by other debate tournaments. The first section of the paper describes the pairings and judge assignments for preset debate rounds. The second section describes the procedures for powermatching in the preliminary rounds, including odd and even round pairings and pairings for the eighth or final round, and judge placement for these rounds. The third section describes the pairings and judge placements for the elimination rounds. (HTH)
Item Description:ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Central States Speech Association (Indianapolis, IN, April 4-6, 1985).
ERIC Document Number: ED259403.
Physical Description:16 p.
Reproduction Note:Microfiche.
Action Note:committed to retain