What does it mean to say that the key to nominal group discussion (NGD) is that it provides “democracy of ideas through tyranny of procedure?”
A. It was a catalyst for democracy in New England town meetings as juxtaposed to the tyranny of pre-revolutionary British rule.
B. One must use a straw vote for testing the acceptance of ideas.
C. You must rigidly adhere to the silent listening procedure.
D. To insure shared participation one must follow the rules.
E. None of the above
ANS: d
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A. Openness and Closedness B. Connection and Separation C. Novelty and Predictability D. None of the above
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A) depth B) critical C) active D) surface
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