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As long as it has a mean ..
I am still seriously asking what "it" is.
If the answer is "the distribution that we are studying," my question becomes, "what distribution are we studying"?
As long as it has a mean ..
Still there will be gray areas sometimes inspiring fans or players to dispute the referee calls. Just imagine how much more contentious soccer scoring would be refs or judges could award extra points for elegant plays and deductions for sloppy ones, etc.
First, to me, the appropriate conclusion to draw from this is not that PCS should be eliminated, but that they should be combined. There is no point in having a performance score and a composition score and a musical interpretation score if that just means that the judges write down the same score three times. You could combine them into one score, while still listing all the criteria and bullet points that the judges are supposed to be paying attention to.
What I have found is that TR is usually half a point lower than SS. I always figured that this was because it is easier for judges actually to count the transitions and evaluate their variety at least, if not quality -- so they are more confident in giving a lower score.
The other thing that I have noticed is that for the top skaters all of the components scores are about the same. But this often becomes less and less true as you work your way down. At the lower levels it is easier to find examples of a skater who gets high marks in SS and considerable lower marks in Presentation, or vice versa. For the very top skaters. I for one am not surprised that the same competitors who have the strongest skating skills, for instance, also get good marks in turning those skills to the service of musical interpretation, etc.
I am still seriously asking what "it" is.
If the answer is "the distribution that we are studying," my question becomes, "what distribution are we studying"?
The distribution of scores for a certain PC category for a certain skater in a certain event
Well, for instance, we can clearly see that judges give the same score to all the categories.
If a skated has a great performance and terrible skating skills, the skater will just get same 7-something in both, for example.
Can you give some examples?
See Kolyada's SP at Rostelecom and at CoC. See Kostner's FS at Rostelecom and at NHK.
Eh... you’re a top skater so people have to expect high quality crossovers from you. Isn’t that normal.Every skater does crossovers and the quality varies significantly; they are absolutely part of judging the components. You've belly flopped with that attempted shade.
Is this a reputation based assessment :roll5: