In the group study, 61 percent of participants remained completely silent on average

Evidence

Four or five weeks after the group meetings, individual interviews were carried out with a quarter of those who had taken part in the discussions. These interviews were not properly prepared, and no account was taken of them in the analysis. A comparison between the results of the individual interviews and the opinions expressed in the group discussions was also difficult or impossible, both because the number of those who remained silent during the discussions was very large and because few of those who spoke gave their views on every topic. On average, those who were totally silent formed a majority of 61 per cent over those who spoke. In addition, the qualities of each group were not systematically recorded, so that analysis of the group dynamics of each group was not possible. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1879

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• XREF: connects to: Most group-discussion participants stayed completely silent — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1879