If the forensics community has real choice between debate formats, there must be distinctions that justify the existence of each respective style or organization. While such differences can exist at any one of a number of levels, this paper examines differences in adjudicating in both parliamentary and team policy debate, generally known as CEDA…

Examining the role of the debate judge reveals many differences between the Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA) and National Debate Tournament (NDT). One area in which CEDA differs is that of judge qualifications. At present CEDA is moving towards using more lay judges, while NDT has more strict requirements. It would be interesting to use…

Examines the level of clash in the 1988 presidential debates through use of content analysis. Compares the findings regarding clash in 1988 with those from past decades. Concludes that criticisms of debates are overstated and that clash is a product of format as well as other factors. (SR)