کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1743166 1522003 2013 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A comparison of techniques used to collect informed public opinions about CCS: Opinion quality after focus group discussions versus information-choice questionnaires
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات فرآیندهای سطح زمین
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A comparison of techniques used to collect informed public opinions about CCS: Opinion quality after focus group discussions versus information-choice questionnaires
چکیده انگلیسی


• Consistency, stability and confidence are three indicators of opinion quality.
• We compare opinion quality after focus groups and information-choice questionnaires.
• Information-choice questionnaires result in higher-quality opinions than focus groups.

Both focus group discussions and information-choice questionnaires (ICQs) have previously been used to examine informed public opinions about carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). This paper presents an extensive experimental study to systematically examine and compare the quality of opinions created by these two research techniques. Depending on experimental condition, participants either participated in a focus group meeting or completed an ICQ. In both conditions participants received identical factual information about two specific CCS options. After having processed the information, they indicated their overall opinion about each CCS option. The quality of these opinions was determined by looking at three outcome-oriented indicators of opinion quality: consistency, stability, and confidence. Results for all three indicators showed that ICQs yielded higher-quality opinions than focus groups, but also that focus groups did not perform poor in this regard. Implications for the choice between focus group discussions and ICQs are discussed.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control - Volume 18, October 2013, Pages 256–263
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