5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining a high-end value for the scores of the first and second intermediate training records, the high-end value being a value at which a specified percent of scores of the first and second intermediate training records have a score that exceeds the high-end value; identifying a first intermediate training record having a score greater than the high-end value; and changing the score of the identified first intermediate training record to be the high-end value.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining a high-end value for the scores of the first and second intermediate training records, the high-end value being a value at which a specified percent of scores of the first and second intermediate training records have a score that exceeds the high-end value; identifying a first intermediate training record having a score greater than the high-end value; and changing the score of the identified first intermediate training record to be the high-end value. 6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising: determining a low-end value for the scores of the first and second intermediate training records, the low-end value being a value at which a specified percent of scores of the first and second intermediate training records have a score that is less than the low-end value; identifying a second intermediate training record having a score less than the low-end value; and changing the score of the identified second intermediate training record to be the low-end value.