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National Championships in Individual Events: A Discussion of the Tournaments Held by the American Forensic Association and the National Forensic Association

Bruce B. Manchester Bruce B. Manchester is Director of Forensics and Associate Professor of Communication at George Mason University.
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Sheryl A. Friedley Sheryl A. Friedley is Assistant Director of Individual Events and Assistant Professor of Communication at George Mason University.
Pages 111-119 | Published online: 23 Jan 2018

  • Donald W. Klopf and Carroll P. Lahman, Coaching and Directing Forensics (Skokie, Illinois: National Textbook Corp., 1976), p. 1.
  • Don F. Faules, Richard D. Rieke, and Jack Rhodes, Directing Forensics (Denver, Colorado: Morton Publishing Co., 1976), pp. 1–30.
  • Jack H. Howe, ed. Intercollegiate Speech Tournament Results, XV (1975–76), p. 98.
  • Jack H. Howe. ed. Intercollegiate Speech Tournament Results, XVIII (1978–79), p. 103.
  • The AFA Tournament was held at Iowa State University on April 6–8, 1979; the NFA Tournament was held at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on April 26–30, 1979.
  • In an effort to reduce any potential contamination, the questionnaires were sent from a university without an active forensic program. The current researchers would like to express their thanks to Rebecca Leonard of the Department of Speech Communication, North Carolina State University, for her assistance in the dissemination and the collection of the questionnaire.
  • Fred N. Kerlinger, Foundations of Behavioral Research, 2nd ed. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1964), p. 414. According to Kerlinger, a return rate of 40–50% is considered “normal” in the use of mail questionnaires.
  • In items number 1, 4, 6, 7, and 10, the AFA Tournament came first; in items number 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9, the NFA Tournament came first.
  • For ease of reading, this tournament will be referred to as “the AFA Tournament” throughout the discussion.
  • For ease of reading, this tournament will be referred to as “the NFA Tournament” throughout the discussion.
  • For ease of reading, the notation “J” refers to judges' mean score and “C” refers to contestants' mean score throughout the discussion.
  • While the exact figures from the NFA Tournament were not available, estimates indicate that both the percentage of hired judges and the average judging load was higher at the NFA Tournament.
  • Although the AFA Tournament rules stipulate that five judges will be used in final rounds if possible, to date this procedure has not been implemented.

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