This study examines biological sex as a predictor of the level of success in intercollegiate policy debate, impromptu speaking, and extemporaneous speaking. Secondary data analysis of tabulation sheets from NDT, AFA-NIET, and NFA, revealed three findings. First, there are more male than female competitors in policy debate and males significantly experienced more out-round success than females. Second, there are more males than females in impromptu speaking; however, there was no significance between biological sex and success in out-rounds. Third, there are more male than female competitors in extemporaneous speaking and males significantly experienced more out-round success than females.
Author Biography
Kiranjeet Dhillon and April Larson, Graduate Students in the Department of Communication Studies, University of Northern Iowa. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kiranjeet Dhillon and April Larson, Department of Communication, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613. Phone: (407)873-1980 or (507)340-4968 Email: kirankdhillon@gmail.com or aplarson@uni.edu
Special thanks to both Professor April Chatham-Carpenter for advising us through this process and Professor Leah White for providing continual support. In addition thanks to Professor Daniel Cronn-Mills, Professor Brendan Kelly, and Professor Richard Edwards for providing and organizing previous tabulation sheets which were used as data in this study.
Recommended Citation
Dhillon, K.,
&
Larson, A.
(2011).
Biological Sex as a Predictor of Competitive Success in Intercollegiate Forensics.
National Forensic Journal, 29(2).
https://doi.org/10.56816/0749-1042.1065
