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Spillman, Bonnie; And Others – 1977
This paper presents a new mathematical approach, fuzzy mathematics, for defining, classifying, and analyzing concepts within communications. Fuzzy mathematics is based on the premise that real world phenomena contain characteristics that overlap any artifically created category system or classification rules. Therefore, set membership is…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis, Measurement Techniques
Macklin, Thomas; And Others – 1980
After 177 college students in 49 groups participated in group tasks, their perceptions of those groups and individuals in the groups were analyzed for gender differences. In the discriminant analysis of the three interpretable factors for perception of groups (group cohesiveness, power, and personality), gender was a predictor of an individual's…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Group Behavior