WO2023228237A1

WO2023228237A1 - Grouping calculation device, grouping calculation method, and program

Info

Publication number: WO2023228237A1
Application number: PCT/JP2022/021083
Authority: WO
Inventors: 穂乃香戸田; 盛徳大橋; 篤中平; 啓太鈴木; 志高土屋
Original assignee: 日本電信電話株式会社
Priority date: 2022-05-23
Filing date: 2022-05-23
Publication date: 2023-11-30

Abstract

An input unit 141 receives as input a plurality of participant identifiers I, an answer A for each participant identifier I to questionnaire Q for psychological scale calculation, and the total number of groups GN, a scale calculation unit 142 scores and ranks the answer A for each participant identifier I, a number-of-people-in-group calculation unit 143 determines the number of people in each group with a predetermined slope, by using the total number of participant identifiers I and the total number of groups GN, and sets the participant identifier I and the determined number H of people in each group, for each group, a grouping unit 144 performs grouping by assigning a large number of participant identifiers I determined by the number-of-people-in-group calculation unit 143 to the participant identifiers I ranked high by the scale calculation unit 142, and an output unit 145 outputs a set of the participant identifier I and a group identifier GI.

Description

Grouping calculation device, grouping calculation method, and program

The present invention relates to a technique for promoting speaking in group work.

One of the important elements of group work is the activation of voices within the group. Therefore, various grouping methods exist. It is said that the psychological factors of participants inhibit the individual's speech in group work. As one method of grouping, a method has been proposed that uses personality traits of five major factors used in psychology.

In the method of Non-Patent Document 1, daily changes in mood are not easily reflected in grouping, and speaking during group work may not be activated. In view of the above-mentioned problems, the purpose of the present invention is to conduct a questionnaire survey using a psychological scale that can uniformly measure the mood and personality of the day before group work, and to divide the group into groups. The objective is to provide technology that promotes active speaking during group work.

In order to solve the above problems, a grouping calculation device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of participant identifiers, answers for each participant identifier to a group of questions for calculating a psychological scale, and a total number of groups. an input unit that accepts as input, a scale calculation unit that converts the answers to the question group into scores and ranks them for each participant identifier received by the input unit, and a group number calculation unit that determines the number of people in each group with a predetermined slope using the total number and the total number of groups, and sets a group identifier and the determined number of people in the group for each group; a grouping unit that assigns a group identifier for a large number of participants by the group number calculation unit to participant identifiers that are highly ranked by the scale calculation unit; and a grouping unit that combines the participant identifier and group identifier assigned by the grouping unit. and an output section that outputs.

According to the present invention, active speaking during group work can be promoted.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a group calculation system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the processing flow of the group calculation method in the group calculation system 1. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the group calculation device 14. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of a group calculation method in the group calculation device 14. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the group number calculation unit 143. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the processing flow of the group number calculation method in the group number calculation unit 143. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of a modified example of the group calculation device 14. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of a group calculation method in a modified example of the group calculation device 14. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of another modification of the group calculation device 14. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow of a group calculation method in another modification of the group calculation device 14. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the functional configuration of a computer. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of grouping and the difference in the number of people between groups. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the presence or absence of a correlation between psychological factors and speaking consciousness. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a portion of the contents of the questionnaire.

Embodiments of the present invention show that certain psychological scales, specifically, scales related to self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social efficacy, are correlated with the sense of speaking up in group work. This is based on a survey finding that there is.

Based on the results of this survey, the embodiment of the present invention conducts a questionnaire survey (hereinafter also referred to as a "questionnaire") using a psychological scale that can uniformly measure the mood and personality of the day before conducting group work. ). Then, by ranking the scores based on the answers to the questions and dividing them into groups using a predetermined method described later, daily changes in mood are reflected in the grouping, thereby promoting active speaking.

<About the correlation between psychological scales and consciousness of speaking>
First, I will explain that certain psychological scales have a correlation with the sense of speaking in group work. FIG. 13 shows the results of a Web (World Wide Web)-style questionnaire survey conducted on 1,000 adults. As shown in Figure 14, this questionnaire consists of two main questions: questions to examine psychological scales ((i) psychological scale questions) and questions to examine consciousness of speaking ((ii) questions regarding consciousness of speaking). It consists of different types of questions.

Psychological scale questions include a. self-esteem, b. self-efficacy, c. sense of efficacy for society, d. It included questions from the perspective of multiple psychological scales, such as conformity, and was prepared as a question group consisting of multiple questions for each psychological scale. FIG. 14 shows an excerpt of the contents of the survey conducted. Regarding questions on psychological scales, References 1 to 5 are referred to or cited.

≪Reference 1≫ Tomohiro Uchida, Takashi Kamino, “Examination of the reliability and validity of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale--using the Japanese version translated by Mimura & Griffiths,” Annual Report of the Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, 2010 2006, Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 257-266 <Reference 2> Gilad Chen, Stan Gully, and Dov Eden, "Validation of a New General Self-Efficacy Scale", Organizational Research Methods, 2001, 4, 62
<Reference 3> Roger N. Reeb, Ronald M. Katsuyama, Julie A. Sammon and David S. Yoder, "The Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale: Evidence of Reliability, Construct Validity, and Pragmatic Utility," Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Fall 1998, pp. 48-57
≪Reference 4≫ Hayato Tanida (Matsuzaki), “Creating a scale for university students' sense of responsibility towards the local community,” Journal of the Japan Society for Educational Technology, 2015, Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 31-40 ≪Reference 5≫ Yokota Shindai, Daisuke Nakanishi, “Creating a conformity orientation scale: Normative influence and informational influence”, Hiroshima Shudai Ronshuu, 2011, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 23-36. In this survey, it is counted as a score of 1 point. Along with the questions, respondents were presented with an answering method using a 5-item scale, which was divided into 5 levels from ``not at all'' to ``very much'', which was counted as a 5-point score. We obtained answers from the respondents accordingly. In this questionnaire, for example, a. Questions such as the self-esteem question II are presented in the form of so-called reverse questions, where the form of expression becomes a factor, and the score obtained from the answer is reversed from the score that should actually be evaluated. There is also. In this survey, as a method of counting points for reverse questions, the initial value is set as 6 points, and the temporary score obtained by converting from the answer is subtracted from the initial value of 6 points to count the actual score. method was adopted. The scoring process (counting method) as described above was performed, and the total sum of scores for each psychological scale was calculated for each respondent.

As shown in Figure 14 (ii), the question regarding awareness of speaking is based on the number of people in a conference or meeting (hereinafter also simply referred to as a "meeting"). Expressing your opinion in a conference or meeting with four people including you (hereinafter also referred to as a "four-person meeting"), and ii. We posed two questions about expressing your opinion in a meeting or meeting with 10 or more people, including yourself (hereinafter also referred to as ``meeting with 10 or more people''), and obtained answers using the five-item method described above.

Figure 14a: The average value calculated by converting the answers obtained from (i) psychological scale questions and (ii) speaking awareness questions into scores, and using the total score of all respondents for each scale for psychological scale questions. The respondents were divided into a group of respondents who scored lower than the average value (Group 1) and a group of respondents who scored higher than the above average value (Group 2). Next, a Wilcoxon rank sum test was conducted for each of

Groups

1 and 2, with the dominance level set at 5%, and the presence or absence of a significant difference was analyzed from the perspective of the answers to the question about speaking awareness (responses using a 5-point method). . As a result, as shown in Figure 13, (i) among the psychological scale questions, a. self-esteem, b. self-efficacy, c. Questions regarding the sense of efficacy toward society were related to (ii) the sense of speaking out, and the results were all ``significant differences.'' On the other hand, among (i) psychological scale questions, for example, d. Regarding the question of conformity, the result was that there was "no significant difference" in relation to (ii) the sense of speaking. Analyzed as “significant difference” a. self-esteem, b. self-efficacy, c. Regarding the question regarding the sense of efficacy for society, the result was that there was a ``significant difference'' in both cases i. ``Meetings with 4 people'' and ii. ``Meetings with 10 or more people.''

In this analysis, we also conducted an analysis in which the scores calculated from the answers were converted into effect sizes using Cohen's d. As a result, as shown in FIG. self-esteem, b. self-efficacy, c. In all cases of questions regarding the sense of efficacy for society, the effect size was larger for ii "meetings with 10 or more people" than i "meetings with 4 people". Furthermore, when the calculated effect sizes were compared by type of psychological scale, c. Sense of efficacy for society, b. Self-efficacy, a. The result was a sense of self-esteem.

As mentioned above, it was found that certain psychological scales have a correlation with the consciousness of speaking up in group work. In particular, questions regarding self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social efficacy were found to be significant in confirming participants' intentions to speak up at meetings that day. This result was found to be significant both when the number of participants was 4 and when the number of participants was 10 or more. Regarding the questions related to self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social efficacy, which were analyzed as having significant differences in questions related to speaking awareness, the effect size was higher when the number of people in the meeting was 10 or more than when there were 4 people. was found to be large. Furthermore, we found that the questions that were most effective in confirming people's willingness to speak up were, in descending order of effectiveness, questions about social efficacy, self-efficacy, and self-esteem.

The embodiments of the present invention are based on the above research results. Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same functions are given the same numbers and redundant explanations will be omitted.

<Embodiment>
[Group calculation system]
A group calculation system 1, which is an example of this embodiment, includes an administrator terminal 11, a user terminal 12, a research server 13, and a group calculation device 14, as shown in FIG. Communication is possible between the administrator terminal 11, the investigation server 13, and the group calculation device 14, between the user terminal 12 and the investigation server 13, and between the investigation server 13 and the group calculation device 14. It is configured.

The administrator terminal 11 is a terminal that manages the entire group calculation system 1, and also serves as a terminal as a conference organizer.

The user terminal 12 is a terminal through which participants in group work view and respond to a questionnaire Q, which is a group of questions. In the group calculation system 1, user terminals for participants (

user terminals

12 ₁ , 12 ₂ , ..., 12 _N ) (N is the total number of participants N described later) that function as user terminals 12 are prepared, and the user terminals are The questionnaire is configured to be distributed to each prospective participant and asked to view and respond to the questionnaire Q. The user terminal 12 may be configured to provide a user terminal that can be used in common by at least a plurality of participants. Alternatively, by notifying each participant in advance of a participant identifier I, which can be managed by the administrator terminal 11 and will be described later, participants can view the questionnaire Q from any terminal without having to fix the user terminal 12. The configuration may be such that answer A can be input and sent.

The survey server 13 is a server that conducts a questionnaire survey (questionnaire).

The group calculation device 14 is a device that performs calculation processing for grouping.

By the group calculation system 1 implementing the flow shown in FIG. 2, the group calculation method of the group calculation system according to the present embodiment is realized.

As shown in FIG. 2, in order to start the group calculation method as a group calculation system, the administrator terminal 11 sends information to the group calculation device 14, including the total number of participants in the conference N, the total number of groups to be divided into groups GN, the conference The participant identifier I of the person scheduled to participate in the event is transmitted (step S1).

The group calculation device 14 transmits the received participant identifier I to the research server 13 (step S2).

The survey server 13 transmits the questionnaire Q, which is a group of questions, to the user terminal 12 that can use the received participant identifier I (step S3). Questionnaire Q has questions that measure self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social efficacy; for example, among the psychological scale questions (i) in FIG. 14 mentioned above, a. self-esteem, b. self-efficacy, c. This is a group of questions related to the sense of efficacy for society. The questionnaire Q may be composed of only one psychological scale, for example, composed of only questions about self-esteem. Questionnaire Q is based on two or more questions, such as (1) self-esteem and self-efficacy, (2) self-efficacy and social efficacy, and (3) self-esteem, self-efficacy, and social efficacy. It may also be configured by combining psychological scales. If Questionnaire Q is a question group that includes two or more psychological scales, the number of questions for each psychological scale may be the same, for example, 6 questions for self-esteem, 8 questions for self-efficacy, and 8 questions for social responsibility. The number of questions may be varied according to the importance of each psychological scale, such as 10 questions for the sense of efficacy. In addition to the psychological scales mentioned above, if there are psychological scale questions that have a correlation with the consciousness of speaking in group work, such questions may be used.

In addition to sending the questionnaire Q by the survey server 13, in addition to sending the actual questions directly to the user terminal 12, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the server where the questions are stored is notified to the participants. It may also be configured such that the question is downloaded by accessing a specific server via the URL. Alternatively, you can configure it so that you can view the questionnaire Q and input and send answers (processing in step S4 described later) on a specific server, and enter the server's URL, access ID, password, etc. It may also be configured so that it is sent to a person.

The user terminal 12 receives a questionnaire Q, which is a group of questions, from the research server 13. Participants respond to the questionnaire Q using the user terminal 12. The user terminal 12 into which the answer to the questionnaire has been input transmits the answer A (including the answer result and the participant identifier I of the respondent) to the survey server 13 (step S4).

The survey server 13 transmits the answer A received from the user terminal 12 to the group calculation device 14 (step S5). The group calculation device 14 that has received the answer A starts group calculation processing using a group calculation method that will be described later. The survey server 13 notifies the administrator terminal 11 that the participants have finished responding to the questionnaire Q (answer completion report C) (step S6). This response completion report C may be notified for each user's response, that is, for each participant identifier I, or when the survey server 13 receives responses from all participants (or a predetermined number of participants), Alternatively, the configuration may be such that a notification is sent as a collective response completion report C that the responses for a predetermined number of respondents have been completed. The administrator terminal 11 manages the progress of the operation of the group calculation system by receiving the response completion report C from the survey server 13.

The group calculation device 14 performs group calculation processing to obtain a result (I, GI) of a group of a participant identifier I and a group identifier GI, which will be described later, as a result of grouping, and sends the result to the administrator terminal 11. (Step S7). The administrator terminal 11 receives information on the grouping calculation results from the group calculation device 14 .

[Group calculation device 14]
As shown in FIG. 3, the group calculation device 14 includes an input section 141, a scale calculation section 142, a group number calculation section 143, a grouping section 144, an output section 145, and a database 146 that stores various data and calculation results. . By the group calculation device 14 implementing the processing flow shown in FIG. 4, the grouping calculation method according to the group calculation device 14 of this embodiment is realized.

In FIG. 3, the input unit 141 receives as input the total number of participants N, the total number of groups GN, and the participant identifiers I for the number of scheduled participants from the administrator terminal 11 via step S1 of the group calculation system 1 described above. . Further, the input unit 141 receives as input answers A for the number of participants in the conference from the survey server 13 via steps S2 to S5 of the group calculation system 1 described above (step S141).

The scale calculation unit 142 performs a scale calculation process of converting the answers A to the questionnaire Q, which is a group of questions, into scores and ranking them for each participant identifier I received by the input unit 141 (step S142). As a method for converting scores, for example, the above-mentioned 5-point method can be mentioned. Specifically, for each question, we present a response method that is divided into five levels, ranging from "not at all", which is counted as a score of 1 point, to "very likely," which is counted as a score of 5 points. and get an answer. (i)-a-ii of Figure 14. There are so-called reverse questions, such as the question "Sometimes I feel like I'm no good at all," where the score that is directly counted from the answer and the score that should actually be evaluated are reversed. It's okay. The actual score conversion method in this case is as follows. For example, the initial value is set as 6 points, and the score obtained by converting the answers is subtracted from the initial value of 6 points to obtain the actual score. Then, a total score is calculated by converting the score from the answer A for each participant identifier I, and the scores are ranked in descending order of score.

The group number calculation unit 143 determines the number of people in each group (group number H) with a predetermined slope using the total number of participants N and the total number of groups GN, and the determined group number H corresponds to the group name. A group identifier GI is assigned (step S143).

The configuration of the group number calculation unit 143 includes, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a provisional median value determination unit 1431, an increase/decrease value determination unit 1432, a group number determination unit 1433, and an adjustment processing unit 1434. When the group number calculation unit 143 executes the processing flow shown in FIG. 6, the group number calculation method according to the group number calculation unit 143 of this embodiment is realized.

In FIG. 5, the temporary median value determination unit 1431 divides the total number of participants N by the total number of groups GN to calculate the average number of people per group. In the calculated result, the number of people in the integer part obtained by rounding down the decimal point is set as the number of people used as a starting point for grouping (this number is also referred to as "temporary median M") (step S1431). Next, the increase/decrease value determining unit 1432 determines the difference in the number of people used for increase/decrease (hereinafter also referred to as "increase/decrease value Z") derived from the total number of participants N and the total number of groups GN based on the tentative median value M based on the predetermined rules. ) is determined (step S1432). Next, the group number determining unit 1433 increases or decreases the group number using the increase/decrease value Z, starting from the tentative median M, and selects an odd number that satisfies the total group number GN or less and is closest to the group total number GN. The number of people H in each group is determined for each group (step S1433). If the total number of participants determined from the number of people in each group H determined in the process of step S1433 does not reach the total number of participants N, that is, if there are still a number of people left for grouping, adjustment processing is performed. , the remaining number of people is set as the number of people in a new group (step S1434).

For example, if the total number of participants N is 40 people and the total number of groups GN is 6, the tentative median M will be 6 people in step S1431. Assume that 1 is set as the increase/decrease value Z in step S1432. In step S1433, from the temporary median M of 6 people, the number of people increases or decreases by 1 to create 5 groups (odd number groups) with increasing number of people (8 people, 7 people, 6 people, 5 people, 4 people). ). In step S1434, the remaining 10 people are made into another group, and as shown in case a of FIG. Decide on 8 people for "II", 7 for "III", 6 for "IV", 5 for "V", and 4 for "VI".

The processing of the group number calculation unit 143 explained using FIGS. 5 and 6 above is an example, and the assignment of the group number H is based on the slope (difference) of the change between the number of adjacent groups among all groups. Any method may be used as long as the allocation is made so that it has . For example, in the case where the total number of participants N is 40 and the total number of groups GN is 6, the increase/decrease value Z is set to 2 people by the process of step S1432, and 2 people each starting from the temporary median M of 6 people. As shown in case b in Figure 12, the six groups are arranged in the order of group identifiers GI "I" to "VI" (20 people, 10 people, 8 people, 6 people, 4 people, 2 people). A decision method may also be adopted.

Furthermore, in cases a and b in FIG. 12, the adjustment processing in step S1434 by the adjustment processing unit 1434 is applied only to one group determined at the end. ” and “II” exceeds a predetermined upper limit, such as when the difference in the number of people (10 people) is too large compared to other differences (2 people), step S134 is applied to multiple groups. It may be configured as follows. For example, in case b above, the adjustment processing by the adjustment processing unit 1434 is applied to two groups with group identifiers GI "I" and "II", and the increase/decrease value Z is irregularly changed from 2 people to 4 people in the middle. As a result, as shown in case c in Figure 12, the six groups are arranged in the order of group identifiers GI "I" to "VI" (18 people, 12 people, 8 people, 6 people, 4 people, 2 people). ), it is also possible to adopt a determination method in which the degree of inclination changes along the way for groups other than the last determined group.

The group number H only needs to include some sloped number assignments, and as in case d in Figure 12, the 6 groups are assigned in the order of group identifiers GI "I" to "VI" (15 people , 15 people, 8 people, 6 people, 4 people, 2 people), we adopted a determination method in which there are groups with the same number of groups (the difference in the number of people between groups is zero and there is no slope). Also good. When calculating groups with the same number of people, a predetermined rule is determined in advance, such as setting a group with a higher total score converted from answer A, and then determining the number of people in the group.

The increase/decrease value Z is determined based on a predetermined rule as described above, but the process of step S1434 is a process of adding a new group to the number of group members determined in the process of step S1433. Considering this, the increase/decrease value Z is determined so that the "remaining number of people" handled by the adjustment processing unit 1434 is greater than or equal to the maximum number of group members determined in the process of step S1433, or less than or equal to the minimum number of group members. The algorithm may be incorporated into the group number calculation unit 143.

Note that in the processing of the group calculation device 14 described above, the total number of groups GN received from the administrator terminal 11 is used, but the group calculation device 14 has information on the participant identifier I for each participant. Therefore, the total number of participant identifiers I may be counted and the number may be used as the total number of groups GN.

After the process of step S143 (FIG. 4) in the group calculation system 1, the grouping unit 144 determines the participant identifiers I by the process of the group number calculation unit 143 in order from the highest ranked participant identifier I by the process of the scale calculation unit 142. Group identifiers GI for the large number of people selected are assigned (step S144). As a result, the grouping unit 144 assigns a small group identifier GI determined by the process of the group number calculation unit 143 to the participant identifier I that is ranked low by the process of the scale calculation unit 142. Become. The grouping unit 144 is configured to allocate group identifiers GI for small groups determined by the process of the group number calculation unit 143 in order from participant identifiers I ranked low by the process of the scale calculation unit 142. Also good.

As a specific example, using case a in FIG. 12, for a group of 10 people whose group identifier GI is "I", participant identifiers I and group identifiers GI are numbered 1 to 10 in descending order of the calculated score. The group of 8 people with group "II" has participant identifiers I from 11 to 18, the group of 7 people with group identifier GI "III" has participant identifiers I from 19 to 25, and the total number of groups GN "IV" '', the group of 6 people has participant identifiers I from 26th to 31st, and the group of 5 people with the total number of groups GN ``V'' has participant identifiers I from 32nd to 36th, and the group identifier GI ``VI''. Participant identifiers I, numbers 37 to 40, are assigned to groups of four.

The output unit 145 outputs the set (I, GI) of the participant identifier I and group identifier GI assigned by the grouping unit 144 (step S145).

By using the above-mentioned group calculation system 1 before carrying out group work, it is possible to perform grouping that reflects the mood and personality of the day, and as a result, it is possible to promote active speaking during group work. .

Since this embodiment uses grouping to encourage active discussion, its scope of application is not limited to group work, but can also be considered to be effective in other meetings between people who do not know each other. . For example, in training, community activities (inside condominiums, local governments, PTA), expressing opinions and deciding on officers, audio distribution on SNS (Social Networking Service), various interviews, deciding on the number and selection of people in departments and groups at the company, and school education. It can also be applied to extracurricular activities and experiments.

[Modification 1 of group calculation device 14]
The group calculation device 14 may be configured like the group calculation device 14A shown in FIG. That is, the group calculation device 14A itself may be configured to have a research server section 13A having the functions of the research server 13 of the group calculation system 1. When the group calculation device 14A of FIG. 7 executes the processing flow shown in FIG. 8, the group calculation method according to the group calculation device 14A of this embodiment is realized. The process flow in FIG. 8 differs from the process flow in FIG. 4 in that step S141 in FIG. 4 is changed from step S141-1 to step S141-4 in FIG.

In FIG. 7, the input unit 141 receives as input the total number of participants N, the total number of groups GN, and the participant identifiers I for the number of scheduled participants from the administrator terminal 11 via step S1 of the group calculation system 1 described above. (Step S141-1).

In place of step S2 in FIG. 2, the input unit 141 sends the received participant identifier I to the research unit 13A. Instead of step S3, the research unit 13A transmits a questionnaire Q, which is a group of questions, to the user terminal 12 that can use the participant identifier I (step S141-2).

The investigation unit 13A receives the answer A input into the user terminal 12 in place of step S4 in FIG. 2, and sends the answer A to the input unit 141 in place of step S5. The input unit 141 receives answer A as an input (step S141-3).

Instead of step S6 in FIG. 2, the survey 13A notifies the administrator terminal 11 that the responses to the questionnaire Q by the users who are participants have been completed (answer completion report C) (step S141-4). This notification process may be performed for each user's answer, that is, for each participant identifier I, or may be configured to be notified when the survey unit 13A receives answers from all participants (or a predetermined number of participants). It's okay.

[Modification 2 of group calculation device 14]
The group calculation device 14 may be configured like the group calculation device 14B shown in FIG. That is, the group calculation device 14B itself is configured to have an investigation section 13A that has the function of the investigation server 13 of the group calculation system 1, and a management section 11A that has the function of the administrator terminal 11 of the group calculation system 1. It's okay.

The group calculation device 14B of FIG. 9 performs the group calculation process related to the group calculation device 14B of this embodiment by implementing the processing flow shown in FIG. The processing flow in FIG. 10 is different from the processing flow in FIG. 8 in that step S141-0 is newly added, step S141-4 is changed to step S141-B, and step S145 is changed to step S145B. The point is that it has changed.

The management unit 11A may previously store in the database 146 the total number of participants N, the total number of groups GN, and the participant identifiers I for the number of scheduled participants received by the input unit 141, It may be configured to accept such information as input instead. In the latter case, the management unit 11A sends the received information to the input unit 141 (step S141-0). The management unit 11A receives the response completion report C from the investigation unit 13A instead of step S6 (step S141-4B). Moreover, instead of step S7, the management unit 11A receives information (I, GI) of the set of participant identifier I and group identifier GI, which is the group calculation result, from the output unit 145 (step S145B).

[Program, recording medium]
The various processes described above are performed by causing the recording unit 2020 of the computer 2000 shown in FIG. This can be done by letting

A program that describes this processing content can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may be of any type, such as a magnetic recording device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical recording medium, or a semiconductor memory.

Further, distribution of this program is performed, for example, by selling, transferring, lending, etc. portable recording media such as DVDs and CD-ROMs on which the program is recorded. Furthermore, this program may be distributed by storing the program in the storage device of the server computer and transferring the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

A computer that executes such a program, for example, first stores a program recorded on a portable recording medium or a program transferred from a server computer in its own storage device. When executing a process, this computer reads a program stored in its own recording medium and executes a process according to the read program. In addition, as another form of execution of this program, the computer may directly read the program from a portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program, and furthermore, the program may be transferred to this computer from the server computer. The process may be executed in accordance with the received program each time. In addition, the above-mentioned processing is executed by a so-called ASP (Application Service Provider) service, which does not transfer programs from the server computer to this computer, but only realizes processing functions by issuing execution instructions and obtaining results. You can also use it as Note that the program in this embodiment includes information that is used for processing by an electronic computer and that is similar to a program (data that is not a direct command to the computer but has a property that defines the processing of the computer, etc.).

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the present apparatus is configured by executing a predetermined program on a computer, but at least a part of these processing contents may be implemented in hardware.

Claims

an input unit that receives as input a plurality of participant identifiers, answers for each participant identifier to a group of questions for calculating a psychological scale, and a total number of groups;
a scale calculation unit that converts answers to the question group into scores and ranks them for each participant identifier received by the input unit;
The number of people in each group is determined with a predetermined slope using the total number of participant identifiers received by the input unit and the total number of groups, and for each group, the number of people in the group determined as the group identifier a group number calculation unit that sets
a grouping unit that assigns a large group identifier by the group number calculation unit to participant identifiers ranked high by the scale calculation unit;
an output unit that outputs a set of a participant identifier and a group identifier assigned by the grouping unit;
A grouping calculation device having:
The question group for calculating the psychological scale accepted by the input unit is a question group of at least one of a self-esteem scale, a self-efficacy scale, and a social efficacy scale, according to claim 1. Grouping calculation device.
The grouping calculation device according to claim 1, wherein the grouping unit assigns a small group identifier by the group number calculation unit to participant identifiers ranked low by the scale calculation unit.
Claim further comprising a research section that outputs a group of questions for calculating the psychological scale, wherein the answers for each participant identifier received by the input section are answers to the group of questions output by the research section. 1. The grouping calculation device according to 1.
an input unit of the grouping calculation device receives as input a plurality of participant identifiers, answers for each participant identifier to a group of questions for calculating a psychological scale, and the total number of groups;
A scale calculation unit of the grouping calculation device converts the answers to the question group into scores and ranks them for each participant identifier received by the input unit,
The group number calculation unit of the grouping calculation device determines the number of people in each group with a predetermined slope using the total number of participant identifiers received by the input unit and the total number of groups, and For the group, set a group identifier and the determined number of people in the group,
The grouping unit of the grouping calculation device performs grouping by assigning a group identifier for a large number of participants by the group number calculation unit to participant identifiers that are highly ranked by the scale calculation unit,
an output unit of the grouping calculation device outputs a set of a participant identifier and a group identifier assigned by the grouping unit;
Grouping calculation method.
Accepting as input a plurality of participant identifiers, answers for each participant identifier to a group of questions for calculating a psychological scale, and the total number of groups;
Ranking the answers to the group of questions for each participant identifier by converting them into points;
determining the number of people in each group with a predetermined slope using the total number of participant identifiers and the total number of groups, and setting a group identifier and the determined number of people in the group for each group;
Grouping is performed by assigning a large number of group identifiers to the highly ranked participant identifiers,
outputting a set of the assigned participant identifier and the group identifier;
Grouping calculation method.
A program for causing a computer to function the grouping calculation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.