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Chapter Three findings discounted PAT claims that (a) cognitive and discussion arguments are correspondent, and (b) novelty is an important predictor of argument persuasiveness in group discussion. Chapter Four results revealed that the PAT models of argument and argument influence were generally poor predictors of postdiscussion shifts. Only when the PAT model of argument influence was modified to include more interaction-based (SI) elements (member collaboration and number of arguments) did model predictions correlate significantly with observed values at some levels of analysis.","Finally, because the findings of Chapters Three and Four indicated that neither the PAT nor the SI perspectives on argument alone were sufficient to explain the argument-shift relationship, Chapters Five and Six endeavored to locate argument within an integrative theoretical perspective which posits communication as a centralizing force. The structurational approach to group argument was explicated and a preliminary model of argument informed by the tenets of this perspective was advanced. A qualitative analysis of twenty group discussions revealed initial support for the model and its key components. Chapter Six concluded that future research must refine this preliminary structurational model if a coherent and complete account of group argument is to be fully realized.","Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-13T15:38:29Z (GMT). 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