Jury · Rate together · 1 to 10
How to give scores
One person gives everything a 9, another has never gone above 6. The scale works best when you’ve agreed what the numbers mean. Here’s how.
- Scale
- 1 to 10
- The middle
- 5 is fine
- Decimals
- One, like 7.5
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What do the numbers mean?
| Score | Means | For example |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | Wouldn’t have it again | The one left in the glass |
| 4–5 | Fine | All right on a weekday, but nobody remembers it |
| 6–7 | Good | Yes please, if offered |
| 8–9 | Really good | Would buy or order it myself |
| 10 | Best of the year | Tells other people about it |
What matters isn’t exactly what the numbers mean, but that you all use them the same way. Take a minute to agree before you start.
Stop everything ending up a 7
Lots of people only use the middle of the scale: everything gets between 6 and 8, and then it’s hard to see a difference. Three things help:
- Use the whole scale. A 3 isn’t rude. It says what you think.
- Compare with the last one. Was this better or worse than the previous round? Let the number show it.
- Use decimals. 7.2 and 7.8 are different things. In Jury you can score with one decimal place.
Generous and strict judges
Some people always score high, others always low. That’s fine as long as they rank the rounds the same way. When everyone rates the same things, the differences even out in the average.
It’s actually one of the fun things to find out. Jury shows who scored above or below the rest of the table, and after a couple of rounds each friend gets a badge, like generous, strict, unpredictable, or one who follows the table.
Disagreement is the interesting part
Two rounds can have the same average and be completely different: one got a 7 from everyone, the other got both a 3 and a 10. The second is the one you’ll talk about.
So don’t just look at the winner. Look at how far apart you were too. Jury shows this for every round, along with the criterion you disagreed on most.
Questions and answers
Why 1 to 10 and not 1 to 5?
A 1 to 10 scale leaves room to separate two good things. With 1 to 5, lots of rounds end up on the same number.
Should we use decimals?
It helps when two things are close. One decimal place is enough.
What if one person scores much higher than the rest?
It evens out in the average, as long as they rate every round. And it’s fun to see afterwards.
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