motoeric
Babbling Farker
- Joined
- Aug 7, 2006
- Location
- huntington, ny
I know this isn't the standard topic for the comp forum, but it's not an idle question.
I was talking with someone this evening that is actually technically adept (which I am not). We were discussing the future of scoring BBQ events and how the scoring could be expedited.
What flaws do you see in the following:
Each Table Captain has a netbook or other low-end, low cost device. As the judges are done with each category, they use the device to enter their unique judge id and their scores. The device requires the judge to verify that each score is correct on a separate screen for accuracy. Any scores below a certain threshold need to receive an authorization by the table captain (to avoid someone giving all threes or fours).
Each device (from each Table Captain) sends the info to the Reps computer that crunches the numbers and spits out the results.
Table Captains collect the original scoring sheets to use as spot checks against the data entered.
This would make data entry quicker, allow for results to be printed quicker, allow for emailing or texting of individual scores, eliminate the problem of Reps interpreting poor handwriting (is that a 7 or a 9?) and allow for monitoring of unreasonable variance of individual judges scoring over a period of time.
Thoughts?
Eric
I was talking with someone this evening that is actually technically adept (which I am not). We were discussing the future of scoring BBQ events and how the scoring could be expedited.
What flaws do you see in the following:
Each Table Captain has a netbook or other low-end, low cost device. As the judges are done with each category, they use the device to enter their unique judge id and their scores. The device requires the judge to verify that each score is correct on a separate screen for accuracy. Any scores below a certain threshold need to receive an authorization by the table captain (to avoid someone giving all threes or fours).
Each device (from each Table Captain) sends the info to the Reps computer that crunches the numbers and spits out the results.
Table Captains collect the original scoring sheets to use as spot checks against the data entered.
This would make data entry quicker, allow for results to be printed quicker, allow for emailing or texting of individual scores, eliminate the problem of Reps interpreting poor handwriting (is that a 7 or a 9?) and allow for monitoring of unreasonable variance of individual judges scoring over a period of time.
Thoughts?
Eric