So why not give both quartile ranking and raw score?
On May 15, 3:10 pm, "Colin Cochran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the update Justin. > > In addition to the quartile rankings, is there something holding Google back > from giving us the *1-10 raw scores from each judge*? We'd like to know how > indispensable or original judges felt our applications were. For me at > least, this information will help me modify my application. > > Thanks > -C > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 5:08 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, > > Justin & 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
