To answer your QOTD, the difference between both screening and scoring is that screening involves some kind of automated system that tracks desirable criteria and picks stocks that fit what you selected for variables, while scoring involves variables that are assigned score values and those are weighed against each other to select the stocks with better scores. However if used together, you can maximize your ability to find good dividend stocks (or good stocks in general for that matter) and I know there are resources out there that will help you do such a thing. Happy hunting :)