• Who sums and averages the appraisers’ scores?
  The DI Scoring Program sums each appraiser’s scores for every scored element of the challenge.
• Who enters the scores into the DI Scoring Program and where do they do it?
  The scoring room team types each appraiser’s score for each challenge element into the DI Scoring Program. In this strategy, the appraisers’ score sheets are sent to the scoring room without being summed or verified at the challenge site.
• Which scores are entered into the DI Scoring Program?
  Each appraiser’s score for each element of the challenge is typed into the DI Scoring Program by two different computer operators typically on two or more computers.
  

  

  (See the score sheet)

Costs and Benefits

Benefits

This method minimizes manual calculation and its resulting errors. Fewer people are required (no need to verify calculations). Only two computers are required but more can be used for larger tournaments.

Costs

The scoring room team performs more data entry. Scoring errors that the DI Scoring Program detects (including those that might have been caught on site) must be sent back to the challenge site to be resolved. The challenge site team might have less confidence in the scores and the scoring process.

Tip!
You can modify this method by having an appraisal team organizer or number cruncher review the scores at the challenge site. The number cruncher would not sum or average the scores, but would verify that scores were valid and within range.