A Method for Establishing the Representational Validity of Interaction Coding Systems: Do We See What They See?

Poole, Marshall Scott; Folger, Joseph P.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2958.1981.tb00654.x

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“…Second, the validity of the conversational representation task was examined. Poole and Folger (1981) have argued that any category system for classifying communication acts should be consistent with how individuals actually think about communication. A validation of the conversation representation procedure requires, at minimum, that the topics/speech-action distinction be shown to have relevance to people.…”

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Conceptualizing Conversational Complexity

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A successful conversation requires participants to have knowledge of both the topic under discussion and the nature of conversation. This study asks whether people who are more sophisticated in their representation of conversation behave differently than their less sophisticated counterparts. This issue was probed by devising two operationalizations of what we call Conversational complexity. The two measures assessed peoples' constructs about conversation (operationalized by a measure of construct differentiation) and the manner in which people psychologicully structure conversations (via a sorting task tapping the degree to which they focus on the surface features, or deeper structures, of conversations). Individuals who completed the two measures of complexity also participated in conversations and completed a number of personality indices. Eoch operationalization of conversational complexity was positively correlated with a variety of conversational involvement behaviors, measures of conversational enjoyment and person complexity. and memory for the interactions. Generally speaking, eflective interactants who enjoyed conversaiions and recalled them well tended to have more constructs about conversations and psychologically represented conversations at a deeper level than their counterparts.An understanding of how conversations work demands the recognition that conversing is a complex cognitive task. Individuals bring to conversations a wealth of information and experience, and the ability to utilize and integrate effectively that knowledge is critical for successful social intercourse. The effective conversationalist needs to know something about both the topic being discussed and the process John A. D a b (Ph.D., Purdue University, 1977) is an associate professor of speech communication at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, where Phillip J. 0 1985 International Communication Assn. 30

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“…Coding schemes must be both reliable and valid (Folger et al, 1984;Poole & Folger, 1981a, 1981b. Reliability refers to the consistency of coding classifications across coders.…”

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“…For subject-privileged meanings, 'representational validity' should be demonstrated in addition to face and construct validity. Representational validity is indicated by whether the interpretations yielded by the coding system correspond to those of the group members, or the population to which the group members belong (for calculation procedures see Poole & Folger, 1981a).…”

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Decision development in facilitated modelling workshops

Franco

Rouwette

2011

European Journal of Operational Research

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Citation: Netherlands ABSTRACT While the facilitated modelling literature recognises the importance of the group process within facilitated modelling workshops, published empirical research rarely examines their dynamic nature. In this paper, we address this gap in the literature in two ways. First, we propose to locate facilitated modelling workshops as the main focus of investigation, and adopt decision development as the analytical lens. Second, we provide guidance regarding how to implement a research strategy that is informed by such a focus. We start by mapping the different conceptualisations of decision development that seem embedded within the facilitated modelling tradition, and contrast them with theoretical models from the group communication field. Our analysis identifies a number of potentially useful areas for the study of facilitated modelling workshops from a decision development perspective, and articulates a number tentative research questions and testable propositions amenable to empirical research. Central to our proposal are research methods for the study of dynamic group processes. We thus discuss the steps required to extract group process data from facilitated modelling workshops that are usable and open to analysis. This includes a review of issues regarding research design, coding scheme development, data coding and choice of analytical techniques. Finally, we offer conclusions and briefly discuss some feasibility issues related to the implementation of our proposal.

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“…Therefore, research is needed to understand the perceptions of a more general group of requesters regarding the relative politeness of refusals containing or omitting modal expressions. Such research would contribute a measure of representational validity (Poole & Folger, 1981) to existing theorizing about the role of modals in refusal messages.…”

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Modal Expressions in Refusals of Friends' Interpersonal Requests: Politeness and Effectiveness

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2008

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A Method for Establishing the Representational Validity of Interaction Coding Systems: Do We See What They See?

Cited by 41 publications

References 22 publications

Conceptualizing Conversational Complexity

Conceptualizing Conversational Complexity

Decision development in facilitated modelling workshops

Modal Expressions in Refusals of Friends' Interpersonal Requests: Politeness and Effectiveness

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