Certain attributes of information and communication technology have many potentially useful applications for qualitative research. With reference to an exploratory study, in this paper we consider how online discussion boards can facilitate the collection of qualitative data from focus group interviews. We also evaluate the advantages and limitations of conducting these interviews through onlin...

We study online social group dynamics based on how group members diverge in their online discussions. Previous studies mostly focused on the link structure to characterize social group dynamics, whereas the group behavior of content generation in discussions is not well understood. Particularly, we use Jensen-Shannon (JS) divergence to measure the divergence of topics in user-generated contents...

Visit the Dalton Transactions website for more cutting-edge inorganic and organometallic research This article provides a short overview of the current status of the silicon nanowire research including its synthetic chemistry and physical property characterization, with examples drawn mainly from the author's lab.

Focus group discussion is a research methodology in which a small group of participants gather to discuss a specified topic or an issue to generate data. The main characteristic of a focus group is the interaction between the moderator and the group, as well as the interaction between group members. The objective is to give the researcher an understanding of the participants' perspective on the...

This booklet consists of a collection of essays by various authors. Each essay is complete in itself but the collection read in the presented sequence gives the reader a quite comprehensive idea of the theory, practice and uses of group discussion. The essays range over so wide a field of human activities and interests that it would be difficult to find a literate group (after reading the bookl...

BACKGROUND The completeness of preferences is assumed as one of the axioms of expected utility theory but has been subject to little empirical study. METHODS Fifteen non-health professionals was recruited and familiarised with the standard gamble technique. The group then met five times over six months and preferences were elicited independently on 41 scenarios. After individual valuation, th...

A. Vezza Request for Comments: 87 12 January 1971 NIC 5632 TOPIC FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT NETWORK WORKING GROUP MEETING -------------------------------------------------------------Project MAC is planning a network graphics meeting to be held in April. It would be desirable to devote some portion of the February Urbana meeting to consideration of the length, format, structure and contents of ...

BCECAUSE organizations vary in how they anticipate and respond to ethical problems in the work environment, the 14 October meeting of the AAAS Professional Society Ethics Group focused on how one prominent and highly visible organization-the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-incorporates ethical considerations into its planning and decision-making. Representing NASA were John...

Strategic Studies is a division of CNA. This directorate conducts analyses of security policy, regional analyses, studies of political-military issues, and strategy and force assessments. CNA Strategic Studies is part of the global community of strategic studies institutes and in fact collaborates with many of them. On the ground experience is a hallmark of our regional work. Our specialists co...

There are a number of theories and models based on group decision support system (GDSS) and its literature however the need for a better understanding in the role of anonymity and its influence on activities of group dynamic is crucial. Hence in the present study, we consider the different level of anonymity and its influential effect on group discussion dynamics such that we can measure the ev...