Alternative Scoring Methods for the 1999 Holmes Story Poll

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Scoring Methods for the 1999 Poll

(each method sorted by score)

12-pt		1st Place		10-pt		3-pt		Tally 12		Tally 3
Title	Score	Title	Score	Title	Score	Title	Score	Title	Score	Title	Score
SPEC	1,713	SPEC	50	SPEC	1,330	SPEC	240	SPEC	194	SPEC	108
REDH	1,668	REDH	40	REDH	1,301	REDH	212	REDH	187	REDH	97
SCAN	1,468	SCAN	37	SCAN	1,141	SCAN	198	SILV	168	SCAN	92
SILV	1,332	SILV	23	SILV	1,002	SILV	134	BLUE	167	SILV	64
BLUE	1,282	BLUE	20	BLUE	955	BLUE	117	SCAN	166	BLUE	58
MUSG	1,013	MUSG	14	MUSG	731	MUSG	84	MUSG	147	MUSG	45
FINA	880	FINA	9	FINA	637	FINA	49	EMPT	128	FINA	24
EMPT	791	BRUC	6	EMPT	546	BRUC	39	DANC	127	EMPT	21
DANC	766	ABBE	4	DANC	519	EMPT	34	FINA	123	BRUC	20
SIXN	715	DEVI	4	BRUC	487	SIXN	33	SIXN	122	DANC	20
BRUC	696	SIXN	4	SIXN	479	DEVI	32	BRUC	107	SIXN	20
TWIS	463	TWIS	4	TWIS	306	DANC	31	THOR	82	DEVI	16
THOR	413	CHAS	3	THOR	265	SECO	24	TWIS	81	COPP	12
DEVI	386	DANC	3	DEVI	262	TWIS	23	NAVA	73	SECO	12
NAVA	386	SECO	3	NAVA	248	COPP	21	SECO	69	TWIS	12
CHAS	371	COPP	2	CHAS	247	CHAS	19	CHAS	65	CHAS	9
SECO	365	CREE	2	SECO	238	THOR	17	DEVI	64	PRIO	9
PRIO	355	DYIN	2	PRIO	235	ABBE	16	PRIO	61	THOR	9
COPP	335	EMPT	2	COPP	224	PRIO	13	SOLI	59	ABBE	7
SOLI	272	LAST	2	ABBE	169	GREE	11	COPP	57	NAVA	7
ABBE	257	THOR	2	SOLI	160	NAVA	10	LAST	53	BOSC	5
LAST	249	3GAR	1	LAST	159	DYIN	9	ABBE	47	DYIN	5
FIVE	243	FIVE	1	FIVE	155	LAST	9	FIVE	47	GREE	5
GREE	221	GREE	1	DYIN	144	BOSC	8	NORW	46	LAST	5
DYIN	220	ILLU	1	GREE	144	FIVE	7	GREE	41	BLAC	4
NORW	199	LION	1	NORW	114	ILLU	7	DYIN	39	FIVE	4
ILLU	152	NAVA	1	BLAC	99	BLAC	6	ILLU	31	ILLU	4
BLAC	147	SHOS	1	ILLU	93	CREE	6	CARD	28	NORW	4
BOSC	129	SOLI	1	BOSC	86	LION	6	BLAC	25	GLOR	3
CARD	127	3GAB	0	LION	79	GLOR	5	BOSC	23	LION	3
LION	117	3STU	0	CARD	75	NORW	5	CROO	23	SHOS	3
GLOR	113	BERY	0	GLOR	75	SHOS	5	LION	23	3GAR	2
ENGR	99	BLAC	0	ENGR	64	SOLI	5	GLOR	20	CREE	2
CROO	96	BLAN	0	CROO	55	3GAR	4	ENGR	19	CROO	2
IDEN	83	BOSC	0	SHOS	53	NOBL	4	3GAR	17	IDEN	2
3GAR	80	CARD	0	3GAR	51	REIG	3	IDEN	17	LADY	2
SHOS	78	CROO	0	IDEN	51	CARD	2	REIG	17	NOBL	2
REDC	71	ENGR	0	CREE	43	CROO	2	REDC	16	REIG	2
REIG	71	GLOR	0	REDC	40	IDEN	2	WIST	14	SOLI	2
CREE	64	GOLD	0	LADY	38	LADY	2	SHOS	13	CARD	1
YELL	59	IDEN	0	REIG	38	MAZA	2	SUSS	13	ENGR	1
LADY	56	LADY	0	YELL	38	REDC	2	CREE	12	MAZA	1
WIST	53	MAZA	0	RESI	33	ENGR	1	YELL	11	REDC	1
RESI	51	MISS	0	NOBL	32	RESI	1	RESI	10	RESI	1
NOBL	49	NOBL	0	WIST	28	RETI	1	RETI	10	RETI	1
SUSS	47	NORW	0	BERY	26	SUSS	1	BERY	9	SUSS	1
RETI	45	PRIO	0	RETI	26	WIST	1	GOLD	9	WIST	1
BERY	42	REDC	0	SUSS	24	YELL	1	LADY	9	YELL	1
3STU	29	REIG	0	3STU	18	3GAB	0	NOBL	9	3GAB	0
GOLD	28	RESI	0	BLAN	13	3STU	0	3STU	6	3STU	0
BLAN	23	RETI	0	GOLD	11	BERY	0	BLAN	5	BERY	0
MISS	19	STOC	0	MISS	11	BLAN	0	MAZA	4	BLAN	0
MAZA	17	SUSS	0	MAZA	10	GOLD	0	MISS	4	GOLD	0
STOC	16	VEIL	0	STOC	9	MISS	0	STOC	4	MISS	0
VEIL	6	WIST	0	VEIL	3	STOC	0	VEIL	2	STOC	0
3GAB	0	YELL	0	3GAB	0	VEIL	0	3GAB	0	VEIL	0

Reference:
Randall Stock, "Rating Sherlock Holmes" The Baker Street Journal, December 1999, pp. 5-11. This expands Appendix Table A1 to show alternative scoring methods that were not used in the final rankings.

12-Point Notes
- Assigns 12 points to #1 choice, 11 points to #2, and so on down to 1 point for #12.
- This method was determined to be the best for ranking the stories.

1st Place Notes
- Assigns 1 point to each voter's #1 choice.
- This method provides additional critical insight and was reported in the article.

10-point Notes
- Assigns 10 points to #1, 9 points to #2, and so on down to 1 point for #10.
- Does not assign points to stories #11 - #12.
- Used in the 1954 and 1959 polls.

3-Point Notes
- Assigns 3 points to #1, 2 points to #2, and 1 point to #3.
- Does not assign points to stories #4 - #12.

Tally 12 Notes
- Assigns 1 point for every choice regardless of position.

Tally 3 Notes
- Assigns 1 point to each of the top 3 choices.
- Does not assign points to stories #4 - #12.

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