Thank you Google. I was starting to wonder if you had turned your back on the developer community. This sort of transparency is exactly what is needed if Android is to be successful in the developer community.
Thanks for bring back the Google we all know and love. David Shellabarger www.goldfishview.com On May 14, 9:38 pm, javqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Justin > > As humbleness suggestion, will be useful get a quartile rank for each > judging criteria. Some participants get more rank in one criteria and > less in other one. This suggestion will help us to optimized resources > distribution for ADCII. > > Thank you > > Javier Quintana > > On May 14, 7:31 pm, Michael Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Many applications received average scores that are within 0.1% of > > each other because of the number of submissions. This means that > > providing an individual score to each participant does not provide > > meaningful information on the relative ranking of that submission." > > > This is interesting, and I agree, but it kind of casts doubt on the > > meaningfulness of the scoring system in general. Nonetheless, the > > update and forthcoming release of quartile rankings are much > > appreciated. Thanks. > > > On May 14, 4:08 pm, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > Many people have been asking about receiving either their individual > > > scores or a complete list of scores. We've discussed this extensively > > > and have decided to release each submission's quartile rank through > > > individual emails within the next few weeks. > > > > Why quartile rankings? Well, we feel they provide more meaningful > > > information about relative application rankings than just raw scores. > > > We designed the judging process to identify 50 applications with the > > > highest scores out of a large pool of excellent submissions. Many > > > applications received average scores that are within 0.1% of each > > > other because of the number of submissions. This means that providing > > > an individual score to each participant does not provide meaningful > > > information on the relative ranking of that submission. > > > > Another request has been for textual feedback from judges. However, > > > judges only provided scores for each application; they did not provide > > > notes or any other comments. > > > > That being said, the number of great applications far exceeds the top > > > 50! We had many judges actually ask for contact information for > > > developers from the entire pool of applications—and we're forwarding > > > that information on to the judges for developers who opted-in. > > > > We're excited by the massive response to the challenge and we can't > > > wait to see more great applications for Android. > > > > Regards, > > > Jstin & the Android Developer Challenge Team @ Google- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
