Systems, methods and tools for aggregating subsets of opinions from group collaborations
First Claim
1. A data processing system implemented method of aggregating opinions on a plurality of questions from a plurality of participants, comprising:
- providing to each participant a question, and requiring for each question an opinion from the participant that may be expressed as a numeric value;
for each question, aggregating opinions received from the participants, and calculating a mean value representative of an aggregated opinion of the participants;
for each question, from the distribution of numeric values of the received opinions, calculating a measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion;
for a successive participant, providing a question selected in dependence upon the calculated measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion.
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Abstract
There are disclosed systems, methods and tools for collecting opinions from group collaborations. In an embodiment, each participant may be asked to answer a small subset of questions, where each subset of questions presented to a participant may be different from a subset of questions posed to another participant. Data processing system implemented methods, systems and tools may be used to prepare each subset of questions to be asked, based on which questions require a larger sample of opinions, and to aggregate the subsets of opinions to infer an aggregate opinion for the group. This may significantly reduce or eliminate the need to subject a participant to the onerous task of expressing an opinion on each one of a large number of questions that may be collected in a group collaboration.
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1. A data processing system implemented method of aggregating opinions on a plurality of questions from a plurality of participants, comprising:
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providing to each participant a question, and requiring for each question an opinion from the participant that may be expressed as a numeric value;
for each question, aggregating opinions received from the participants, and calculating a mean value representative of an aggregated opinion of the participants;
for each question, from the distribution of numeric values of the received opinions, calculating a measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion;
for a successive participant, providing a question selected in dependence upon the calculated measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A data processing system for aggregating opinions on a plurality of questions from a plurality of participants, comprising:
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means for providing to each participant a question, and requiring for each question an opinion from the participant that may be expressed as a numeric value;
means for aggregating, for each question, opinions received from the participants, and calculating a mean value representative of an aggregated opinion of the participants;
means for calculating for each question, from the distribution of numeric values of the received opinions for the question, a measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion;
means for providing, for a successive participant, a question selected in dependence upon the calculated measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A data processor readable medium for storing data processor code that, when loaded into a data processing device, adapts the device to aggregate opinions on a plurality of questions from a plurality of participants, the data processor readable medium including:
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code for providing to each participant a question, and requiring for each question an opinion from the participant that may be expressed as a numeric value;
code for aggregating, for each question, opinions received from the participants, and calculating a mean value representative of an aggregated opinion of the participants;
code for calculating for each question, from the distribution of numeric values of the received opinions for the question, a measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion;
code for providing, for a successive participant, a question selected in dependence upon the calculated measure of confidence in the aggregated opinion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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