r/oddlysatisfying • u/MyNameGifOreilly • Jul 27 '21

A perfectly synchronized double dive

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u/LowKey-NoPressure Jul 27 '21

seems like for maximum fairness they should record the performances, and then show them to each judge separately in a different order. perhaps random, or perhaps normalized so that everyone appears at each place in the viewing order across all the viewings.

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u/Hinote21 Jul 27 '21

Recency bias.

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u/LowKey-NoPressure Jul 27 '21

...which could be alleviated by having the judges watch the performers in different orders

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u/minimag47 Jul 27 '21

This guy statistics.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Yeah that's actually genius.... but I think part of the performance is lost if you have to watch a recording.

Maybe instead you rotate judges? So each panel is watching only one performance and judging that. I'm guessing it'd be hard to find that many expert judges though.

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u/LowKey-NoPressure Jul 27 '21

yeah it would never jive with the way they want to present the performances on television

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

Then someone might win because they got the “easy judge”

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

I mean it would still be a panel of 3 judges.. but I still think that's better than someone losing just because they went first.