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# Dataset Card for Dataset Name

## Dataset Description

- **Homepage: [debate.land](https://debate.land)** 
- **Point of Contact: Samarth Chitgopekar {sam [at] debate.land}** 

### Dataset Summary

This is a list of approximately 4,700 judge "paradigms" sourced from [Tabroom](https://tabroom.com) as a part of [Debate Land](https://debate.land)'s scraping. It comes from the 2023 National Circuit tournaments hosted on the website.

### Languages

English.

## Dataset Structure

### Data Fields

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Paradigm | The raw text of the judge's paradigm. |
| FlowType | What the judge's flowing behavior was interpreted as. (Flow, Flay, Lay, if classified). |
| ProgressiveType | What the judge's outlook on progressive argumentation was interpreted as. (Progressive, SemiProgressive, Traditional, if any). |

## Dataset Creation

### Curation Rationale

This dataset could enable analysis of judge behavior and the autonomous classification of a judge based on their paradigm.

### Source Data

#### Initial Data Collection and Normalization

Sourced from [Tabroom](https://tabroom.com), data were extracted and cleaned from the raw markup using [BeautifulSoup](https://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/).

### Annotations

#### Annotation process

A proficient debater (state champion, nationally ranked) with experience with a variety of judges was responsible for annotation.

#### Who are the annotators?

Adithya Vaidyanathan {adithya [at] debate.land}.

### Personal and Sensitive Information

Judges' personal email addresses are often included in their paradigms as a way to provide debaters a point of contact. Since this information was publicly available on [Tabroom](https://tabroom.com), no new data is being revealed.

## Considerations for Using the Data

### Other Known Limitations

This data only considers national circuit paradigms and it is known that judging philosophy (and subsequently, their paradigms) vary greatly between the national and the local levels.

## Additional Information

### Dataset Curators

Samarth Chitgopekar {sam [at] debate.land}.

### Licensing Information

MIT Licensed.

### Citation Information

2023 High School Debate Judge Paradigms — Debate Land {Chitgopekar, Vaidyanathan}.