| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the use of discussion techniques in helping groups arrive at correct solutions when individual members possess a preference or bias toward incorrect ones. The paper also investigates whether differences exist between groups who arrived at correct solutions and those who arrived at incorrect answers. First, the researcher created jury-like tasks that included hidden profile aspects. Second, small group experiments using round robin and word web approaches were conducted. Results showed no significant statistical differences in solutions arrived at in round robin and control conditions. Nor were any significant statistical differences found between word web and control conditions. However, decision tree and text mining analysis revealed that a round robin approach was effective in reaching the appropriate solution in some circumstances.
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