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A Statistical Analysis Of Side-Bias On The 2019 September-October Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah

The 2019 September-October resolution brings another topic to ascertain if the pattern of a negative side-bias observed over the course of last year continues to hold. 2019 September-October Data Set...

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Answering Ks with Katherine Fennell

Looking for introductory instruction or a review on responding to the K? NSD staff member and Philadelphia Assistant Co-Director Katherine Fennell utilizes a popular Kritik from the 2017-Jan/Feb Topic to...

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Learning from College Debate by Brianna Aaron

Learning From College Debate Watching college debates was never really my “thing” as a high school debater. I was lucky enough as a high schooler to have had interaction with some of the smartest minds in the...

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A Statistical Analysis Of Side-Bias On The 2019 September-October Lincoln Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah

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Answering Ks with Katherine Fennell

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Learning from College Debate by Brianna Aaron

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas NSD Update Staff

A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic

A Statistical Study of Side-Bias on the 2019 January-February Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah Introduction Due to the strong interest in the September-October and November-December side-bias studies, a...

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Debate Commentary Lincoln Douglas NSD Update Staff

A Strategic Response to Resource Disparity- Stephen Scopa

A Strategic Response to Debate Privilege Recently, I have noticed a dramatic increase in the number and presence of large prep groups and coaching squads that have begun to dominate the national circuit. While dominant...

December 20, 2018

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A Statistical Analysis Of Side-Bias On The 2018 November-December Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic

A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2018 November-December Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic By Sachin Shah Due to the strong response to the September-October side-bias study, a subsequent analysis of the 2018...

November 16, 2018

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A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2018 September-October Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic by Sachin Shah

A Statistical Analysis of Side-Bias on the 2018 September-October Lincoln-Douglas Debate Topic Introduction “Affirming is harder because of the negative side bias from the 2015 TOCs or late elim rounds.” This...

October 11, 2018

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Intentional and Functional Models of Judging by JP Stuckert

Intentional and Functional Models of Judging Within academic and public spheres, government officials are often conceptualized in two different ways. On the one hand, a functional approach to these officials regards...

April 7, 2018

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The Art of Affirmation: Part 2 – Delivering the 1AR by Grant Brown

The Art of Affirmation: Part 2 – Delivering the 1AR By Grant Brown Introduction Much of the difficulty and fear individuals face when affirming is due to the dreaded first affirmative rebuttal. This...

March 29, 2018

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2018 TOC At-Larges Announced

Congratulations to the following students for receiving an at-large bid to the 2018 Tournament of Champions: American Heritage’s Abhilash Datti Cambridge Rindge and Latin’s Martino Boni Beadle Edgemont’s Mina Lee...

March 29, 2018

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Is Judging Good for You? by JP Stuckert

Is Judging Good for You? JP Stuckert I have, in recent posts, been trying to take up some of the questions involved in the claim that students benefit from participating in debate. These questions are, to a certain...

February 11, 2018

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Fiat and Radical Politics by Becca Traber

One striking trend in debate over the last few years is the pairing of an advocacy of radical, “kritikal” politics with a post-fiat policy option. In a “previous era,” the kritik was more uniformly opposed to policy...

January 17, 2018

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What’s the Point of Advocacy Skills? by JP Stuckert

NSD 2018 Dates have been announced! NSD Flagship at the University of Minnesota : June 24-July 14 NSD Philadelphia at Bryn Mawr College: July 15-July 28 NSD Texas:: July 15-July 28 NSD PF at Bryn Mawr College: July 22...

December 14, 2017

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Against Framework Ks by Dino De La O

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Against Framework Ks By Dino De La O...

December 9, 2017

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The Art of Affirmation: Part 1- Preparing an Affirmative by Grant Brown

Introduction The structure of our activity has made being affirmative a terrifying prospect. For many, especially in important rounds, it resonates as a death sentence. Evidence in favor of this fear is quite...

November 30, 2017

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