Scoring Strategies:
Site-Centered Strategy
- Who sums and averages the appraisers' scores?
The DI Scoring Program sums each individual appraiser's scores for
each challenge element.
- Who enters the scores into the DI Scoring Program and where
do they do it?
The appraisers can type their scores into the DI Scoring Program or
an onsite computer operator can collect paper forms from the appraisers and type
the scores into the DI Scoring Program. With this strategy, all scores
are typed into the computer at the challenge site and then transferred to
the scoring room electronically or with removable media.
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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.
(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 or type data from paper
forms). Scoring errors are detected at the challenge site, where they are
most easily resolved.
Costs
This method requires many computers. Additional computer operators (or
the appraisers) must be trained to
use some features of the DI Scoring Program. Data collected at the
challenge site (from one or more computers) must be transferred to the
scoring room. The scoring room must utilize methods to merge the data from
each challenge site into the DI Scoring Program.