ONE POLL TO END THEM ALL aka Jop Tournament Qualifiers 1

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Right. So we did 27 (or 28) Pazz and Jop polls, giving ratings on all 820 or so songs to have been tipped the wink by the Village Voice and/or Idolator critics. We're now going to find out which is best.

You can see the comments boxes for details of how this brobdingnagian poll has been compiled. All you need to do now, though, is pick your favourite from each group of four songs. SO EASY!


[Poll #911602]


Howl at your fellow poptimists, or justify your choices, below!

I may well post another four groups later today. It takes my mind off the horror of the charts this week.

Comments

Methodology

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1. Put all P&J results in a spreadsheet.
2. Generate percentages for each track.
3. Normalise percentages to take into account the difference between the number of ticks given (one-third of listed tracks, rounded up) and the ideal number (one-third of listed tracks).
4. Sort all entries by percentage.
5. Take top 32 as seeds.
6. Take next 128 as qualifier entrants. (i.e. the top 160 will appear in the poll at some point).
7. Section qualifiers into four 'pots' of 32 by popularity.
8. Randomly generate groups, one entry from each pot.
9. Begin poll. The winner of each group will go into the 'tournament' proper.

The data entry bit took me a couple of lunchtimes, the sorting and so on was v.quick on Friday evening.

Yes I am mental.

Re: Methodology

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

well done on the mentalism there