Purpose:
To provide appropriate recognition to the
Chapter, in each Division, showing the most
improvement each year at their Division
Convention Chorus contest.
Determining the Most Improved Chorus (MIC):
There are two ways in which MIC can be computed, by "Raw Score" or by "Standard Ratio". Both are available in
the Contest Administrator's computer program BBCONTEST.Scores
Raw score:
This year's score minus last year score = Raw Score difference
The winner is the competitor with the Highest Raw Score difference.
The Mid-Atlantic District uses the Raw Score method.
Ref: MID-ATLANTIC DISTRICT DIVISION CONTEST REGULATION, article 13.0, d, 2
Standard: This method determines the MIC based on a ratio. It's very complicated && !used very often.
- The system adds all the scores provided for the contestants who competed the previous year.
- The system then computes the average from all those scores from the previous year.
- The system then takes each contestant 's score from that year and
compares it against the average score and determines a ratio (low divided by high)
- The system then repeats the process for the current year, except it's high divided by low.
- The system then takes this years ratio divided by last years ratio
- The chorus with the highest ratio is declared the MIC.
Example:
Last years scores total: 13,222
Number of chorus scores: 13
The Average is: 1017.0769
This years scores total 15,909
Number of Chorus scores: 15
The average is 1060.6
Results:
| | Last Year's Score | Average | This Year's Score | Average | Ratio |
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Chorus A | 921 | 0.9056 | 1051 | 1.0158 | 1.1217 |
...The math...
921 / 1017.0769 = .9056 uses last year's score divided by last year avg,
1060 / 1051= 1.158 uses this year's avg divided by this year's score
1.0158 / 0.9056= 1.1217 this year avg divided by last year avg.= ratio
I told you it was complicated!!
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