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Hey Marcus, Hope all is well. You should look at the research from the 1960s and search for "shift of opinion" ballots. There was a time then when some debate folks wanted to move away from the idea of winners and losers in debates, and advocated for no-decision debating for a while. Shift of opinion ballots give the audience a spectrum to mark before and after the debate, or just after. This can be used to sort of say the debate had a measurable effect on audience attitude toward a topic. Would give you cites, but I'm transitioning from Refworks to Zotero, and my bibs are a mess. But I think it will be worth it in the end. Hope to see you soon. Your friend, Steve On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Paroske, Marcus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello friends.**** > > ** ** > > I know many of you have robust public and/or intramural debate programs on > your campus.**** > > ** ** > > I was hoping some of you could point me too examples of how you assess > those activities beyond things like number of people who participate or > attend? I am more interested in qualitative measures of the success of the > events, in the diversity of ways you might define that. **** > > ** ** > > If you have some insight, back channel me if you please at > [log in to unmask] . Although, there are no doubt others on the list > than can benefit from your experience if you wish to share publically.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks in advance.**** > > ** ** > > Marcus**** > -- _____ Stephen Llano, Ph.D. Director of Debate and Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric, Communication & Theater St. John’s University Queens, NY 718-990-5606(voice) 718-990-2435 (fax) callto://stevellano -- Skype Me! "Knit the brows, and a strategem comes to mind." - Lo Kuan-chung, Romance of the Three Kingdoms. "Poetry is a rival government always in opposition to its cruder replicas." - William Carlos Williams