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Machine Learning Debates
May 27:
Statistics should be Bayesian, not Frequentist
Wednesday, May 27, 2pm-3pm.
Sources of Information
Participants
- Affirmative team: Charles, David S, Mani
- Negative team: Vinayak, Gabi, Jan
- Rest of you: judges.
Why debate?
- Firstly, you are not expressing your opinions during a debate. You are
assigned a side to take and the task is to formulate a set of logical
arguments supporting your side, and to assemble data and references
supporting your arguments.
- Secondly, you will work in teams of three. This will encuorage team work
and you will learn how to discuss, formulate strategies, and research
for information effectively in a team.
- Finally, everybody is engaged as the audience should ask questions and
keep track of the points of arguments in the debate.
Judging sheet
- List points that either team makes.
- Keep track of whether rebuttals address each point or not.
- Note sources of evidence (data, examples, references).
- Are these points and evidences sufficiently convincing?
- Write your decision and explain your choice.
- Note down presentation quality (to be fedback to teams).
- Do the arguments follow reasonable logic?
- Are there gaps in the logic?
- Are the evidences convincing?
- How can either team improve their presentation to convince you better?
Schedule
- Affirmative team member A1 speaks for no more than 7 minutes.
- Define the central ideas of the debate.
- Present points in support of the thesis.
- Each point should be supported by data, examples or references to
the literature.
- Negative team cross-examines for no more than 3 minutes.
- Ask questions to clarify arguments by affirmative team.
- Ask questions leading to your own counter-arguments.
- Be polite and courteous.
- Negative team confers for no more than 3 minutes.
- Negative team member N1 speaks for no more than 7 minutes.
- Define any alternative ideas.
- Point out flaws in the points raised by the affirmative team.
- Bring up additional counter-arguments.
- Each point should be supported by data, examples or references to
the literature.
- Affirmative team cross-examines for no more than 3 minutes.
- Ask questions to clarify arguments by negative team.
- Ask questions leading to flaws in counter-arguments.
- Be polite and courteous.
- Floor is opened for moderator and audience to ask questions for no more than 7 minutes.
- Ask questions to clarify any points brought up by either team.
- Teams confer for no more than 3 minutes.
- Affirmative team member A2 responds to rebuttal for no more than 4 minutes.
- Negative team member N2 responds to rebuttal for no more than 4 minutes.
- Provide additional supporting arguments for points already raised.
- No new points can be raised here.
- Affirmative team member A3 presents closing arguments for no more than 2 minutes.
- Negative team member N3 presents closing arguments for no more than 2 minutes.
- Emphasize your strongest points.
- Your last chance to convince the judges that you are right.
- Total time 45 minutes.
This basic plan is adapted from http://courses.washington.edu/gen47506/debate.htm.
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