<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mktozd:
Actually, cutting off the tails of such a distribution is rather common practice. However, I am not sure that it was done correctly, as I have always seen the top x% taken off the top and the bottom. Just throwing out the 1s seems less than optimal. I do not however think it is a question of Randy's integrity as this title suggests. If he were really trying to pull the wool over our eyes he might not have told us at all.
[This message has been edited by mktozd (edited 04-26-2002).]</font>
Your points are very well taken. I have seen "the ends" taken off before, but never just one end. As the editor of InsideFlyer, who sponsers the Freddy Awards, he does have some responsibility for it. And again, I could be way off base. But until we know why things happened the way it happened, there will continue to be discussion and rumor.
[This message has been edited by Seth (edited 04-26-2002).]