PREDICTION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUP OUTPUT FROM INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Abstract
The report is a by-product of a major research program on the social and psychological aspects of stress. Characteristics of the performance of individuals were used to predict the same dimensions of the products they wrote as 4-man groups. The minimum, maximum, and average individuals' scores were correlated with the group's score, for 8 rated dimensions of written products and for time to solution. For all groups in the study, 3 dimensions and time to solution were highly predictable using more than 1 of the basic models; these 3 dimensions were those which best differentiated the 3 types of tasks in the sample. When the task types were separated, predictability of group scores with the 3 models varied with task type and dimensions; the minimum individual's score was generally a better predictor of group scores than was the maximum or average, and this model compared favorably with prediction using multiple linear regression. The concepts pattern of positive and negative correlations between group scores and those of the minimum individual.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0700103
Entities
People
- J. E. Mcgrath
- Rosemary H. Lowe
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign