Breaking Ranks? Differentiating Nominal Group Technique Scoring Approaches for Consensus and Prioritization

Autor/inn/en	Thier, Michael; Mason, Dyana P.
Titel	Breaking Ranks? Differentiating Nominal Group Technique Scoring Approaches for Consensus and Prioritization
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 42 (2019) 4, S.428-441 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Thier, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1743-727X
DOI	10.1080/1743727X.2018.1533938
Schlagwörter	Methods; Scoring; Focus Groups; Study Abroad; Educational Research; Foreign Countries; College Students; Thailand; Cambodia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Method; Methode; Bewertung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ausland; Collegestudent; Kambodscha
Abstract	Due to myriad applications of the nominal group technique (NGT), a highly flexible iterative focus group method, researchers know little about its optimal scoring procedures. Exploring benefits and biases that such procedures might present, we aim to clarify how NGT scoring systems can privilege consensus or prioritization. In conducting the first study both to feature NGT data from the same participants at multiple time points or to compare scoring procedures with actual, not simulated, data, we found clear differences between consensus (ratings) and prioritization (rankings) scoring schemata's abilities to discriminate categories. We recommend that NGT users (1) state whether they intend to emphasize consensus, prioritization, or both; (2) name their scoring schema and explain it mathematically; and (3) detail implications of their choices. We also discuss uses of NGT as a research tool, especially for global citizenship education including study-abroad programmes in contexts where reliable access to electricity and/or the internet may be challenging. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01