Mark, As you can see by Cotty's ratings (who happened to be posted here), he more or less matched your proposal, by putting pictures in just three categories: 1= hate it 5= take it or leave it 10= love it. That's a possible interpretation of the 1-10 scores.
Ciao, Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:35 AM Subject: Re: Speaking of judging photos... > > Dario, > > I looked at your review data and the pictures. To me, almost all of the > pictures were well crafted. Just for fun, I added a column with the > variance VAR(). Some of the pictures that I liked the best had high > variances. > > In thinking about how I judge pictures, I think I put them in three > general > categories. There are some that I really like, some to which I am > indifferent, and others that really rub me the wrong way. The problem > with > the 1--10 scoring is that it's not clear if the low scores were caused by > strong negative reactions or by indifference. > > I think that it would be interesting to try a little different scoring > method: say, > +5 = very positive, 0 = indifferent, -5 = strongly negative. You could > use > the scoring to create several different sub-exhibits: > > o) A "least offensive" exhibit with pictures that > score high and have the fewest negative ratings > > o) A "most polarized" exhibit with pictures that > have both the most positives and the most negatives > > o) A "most lame" exhibit with the pictures that score > nearest zero. > > Just a crazy thought.... > > --Mark > > Dario Bonazza wrote: >> >>Here are the submitted ratings: >>http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/Street.xls >> >>Have you seen that quite many pictures rank among the best for some judges >>and among the worst for others? >>Only two pictures are well above the rest and only two are well below. Any >>further comments? > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

