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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Optimal Group Size"”.
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OPTIMAL GROUP SIZE IN HUMANS: AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE SIMPLE PER CAPITA MAXIMIZATION MODEL
… provides a quantitative framework for predicting optimal group sizes in social foraging contexts. Participants engaged in a social foraging task where they chose to forage for points exchangeable for lottery prizes either alone or in a group that has agreed to pool and share all resources equally. …
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A Comparison of Online and Face-To-Face Discussions in an Elementary Mathematics Methods Course
… research should be conducted to determine the optimal group size to foster critical thinking in both face-to-face and online discussions.
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The more the merrier? : understanding the effect of group size on collective intelligence
This dissertation explores how group size affects collective intelligence. It is composed of three quantitative studies. The first study explores how time pressure in small groups (size 4) and large groups (size 20) affected collective intelligence. The results showed that the large groups …
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Essays in the theory of economic growth
… underdevelopment. I construct a model in which groups form endogenously to enable cooperation between their members in a prisoner's dilemma. Groups sustain trust through monitoring, whereas only the Nash equilibrium, trade, is possible in an anonymous market. Optimal group size trades off the …