Title: Improving the quality of group judgment: Social judgment analysis and the nominal group technique
Abstract: Abstract Previous research findings suggest that group judgment is superior to individual judgment, although groups fail to reach their full potential because of problems associated with the interaction process. Thus, uninstructed interacting groups perform at a level generally better than the competence of their average members but rarely as well as their most proficient members. The current study explores two methods of group judgment making which have been developed to reduce the discrepancy between potential and actual group performance: Social Judgment Analysis and the Nominal Group Technique. These two methods are compared in a controlled experimental setting with regard to their potential both to significantly reduce group disagreement and to provide accurate judgments. The two methods were found to be equally strong in the quality of judgments produced; both sets of groups performed at a level of accuracy equivalent to that of the most proficient member. Social Judgment Analysis, however, was found to be a significantly better method of developing consensus among group members than the Nominal Group Technique.
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Date: 1981-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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