weightedindex {topChef}

Calculate One Season's Chef's Weighted Scores (Index)

Description

Calculates the Index score for each person within a season of Top Chef.

Usage

weightedindex(
  seriesname,
  seasonnumberofchoice,
  numberofelimchalls,
  numberofquickfires
)

Arguments

seriesname

Values can be: US, US Masters, Canada

seasonnumberofchoice

Integer of the season number within the series

numberofelimchalls

Number of elimination challenges you want to include in the index. Must be greater than 0

numberofquickfires

Number of quickfire challenges you want to include in the index. Must be greater than 0.

Details

The result of elimination challenges and quickfire challenges are weighted. Scoring: Elimination win = +7 points. Elimination high = +3 points. Elimination low = -3 points. Eliminated = -7 points. Quickfire win = +4 points. Quickfire high = +2 points. Quickfire low = -2 points. Combines Sudden Death Quickfires with Eliminations Excludes Qualifying Challenges Holding constant the number of elimination challenges and quickfire challenges will allow comparison across seasons if you want

Value

Tibble of index score for each contestant in that season and their placement