This wouldn't work for the method we use. Where we use scoring it's to find the ranked position for each judge. Each judge can only have one person in 1st place, 2nd place, etc. I am a firm believer that the use of raw scores means that some judges have more influence over the result than others. Removing the highest and lowest scores is an attempt to moderate this inequality. However, it doesn't remove it. Taking out the highest and lowest scores just means that some judges have no influence over the result whatsoever - but the next highest and next lowest probably have more effect on the score difference than the judges who score nearer the middle.
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