Subgroup Results of 1999 Poll on Sherlock Holmes Stories

The Best of Sherlock Holmes

The Best Sherlock Holmes Stories - 1999 Poll
Men versus Women

(sorted by each group's score)

Men				Women
Rank	Title	Score	%	Rank	Title	Score	%
1.1	REDH	1,540	9.2%	1	SCAN	238	10.2%
1.1	SPEC	1,540	9.2%	2	BLUE	199	8.5%
3	SCAN	1,230	7.4%	3	SPEC	173	7.4%
4	SILV	1,171	7.0%	4	SILV	161	6.9%
5	BLUE	1,083	6.5%	5.1	DANC	128	5.5%
6	MUSG	894	5.4%	5.1	REDH	128	5.5%
7	FINA	784	4.7%	7	MUSG	119	5.1%
8	EMPT	688	4.1%	8	EMPT	103	4.4%
9	SIXN	667	4.0%	9	FINA	96	4.1%
10	BRUC	660	4.0%	10.1	CHAS	69	2.9%
11	DANC	638	3.8%	10.1	COPP	69	2.9%
12	TWIS	416	2.5%	12	SOLI	68	2.9%
13	THOR	390	2.3%	13	DEVI	61	2.6%
14	NAVA	338	2.0%	14	SECO	53	2.3%
15	DEVI	325	1.9%	15.1	NAVA	48	2.1%
16.1	PRIO	312	1.9%	15.1	SIXN	48	2.1%
16.1	SECO	312	1.9%	17	TWIS	47	2.0%
18	CHAS	302	1.8%	18	NORW	46	2.0%
19	COPP	266	1.6%	19	PRIO	43	1.8%
20	ABBE	236	1.4%	20	DYIN	41	1.8%
21	FIVE	223	1.3%	21	BRUC	36	1.5%
22	LAST	217	1.3%	22	GREE	35	1.5%
23	SOLI	204	1.2%	23	ILLU	34	1.5%
24	GREE	186	1.1%	24	LAST	32	1.4%
25	DYIN	179	1.1%	25.1	CARD	23	1.0%
26	NORW	153	0.9%	25.1	THOR	23	1.0%
27	BLAC	136	0.8%	27	ABBE	21	0.9%
28	BOSC	127	0.8%	28.1	FIVE	20	0.9%
29	ILLU	118	0.7%	28.1	IDEN	20	0.9%
30	GLOR	110	0.7%	28.1	NOBL	20	0.9%
31	LION	109	0.7%	31	REIG	18	0.8%
32	CARD	104	0.6%	32	3GAR	17	0.7%
33.1	CROO	84	0.5%	33	ENGR	15	0.6%
33.1	ENGR	84	0.5%	34	CROO	12	0.5%
35	SHOS	68	0.4%	35.1	BLAC	11	0.5%
36.1	3GAR	63	0.4%	35.1	REDC	11	0.5%
36.1	IDEN	63	0.4%	37.1	SHOS	10	0.4%
38	CREE	62	0.4%	37.1	YELL	10	0.4%
39	REDC	60	0.4%	39	LION	8	0.3%
40	LADY	56	0.3%	40	RESI	7	0.3%
41	REIG	53	0.3%	41	BERY	5	0.2%
42	WIST	52	0.3%	42	SUSS	4	0.2%
43	YELL	49	0.3%	43	GLOR	3	0.1%
44	RETI	45	0.3%	44.1	BOSC	2	0.1%
45	RESI	44	0.3%	44.1	CREE	2	0.1%
46	SUSS	43	0.3%	44.1	MAZA	2	0.1%
47	BERY	37	0.2%	47	WIST	1	0.0%
48.1	3STU	29	0.2%	48.1	3GAB	0	0.0%
48.1	NOBL	29	0.2%	48.1	3STU	0	0.0%
50	GOLD	28	0.2%	48.1	BLAN	0	0.0%
51	BLAN	23	0.1%	48.1	GOLD	0	0.0%
52	MISS	19	0.1%	48.1	LADY	0	0.0%
53	STOC	16	0.1%	48.1	MISS	0	0.0%
54	MAZA	15	0.1%	48.1	RETI	0	0.0%
55	VEIL	6	0.0%	48.1	STOC	0	0.0%
56	3GAB	0	0.0%	48.1	VEIL	0	0.0%

Reference:
Randall Stock, "A Study in Sherlockians" The Baker Street Journal, December 1999, pp. 12-20. This version of Table 3 lists results for all the stories for this group and sorts each group separately.

Notes
- Rankings followed by ".1" indicate a tie.
- Scores are also expressed as a percentage of all points awarded by this group.

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