Abstract:

A corpus of archival communications has been leveraged to test hypotheses and to examine patterns of interaction that are relevant to the well control decision making context. The data represents raw lexical analyses using deidentified transcripts. The sources for the archival communications include the following: Laboratory studies run by members of our team; Archival communication from other mission critical environments; and Industry-specific archival communication.

Suggested Citation:

Driskell, Tripp. 2022. Gulf research project corpus analysis results for unobtrusive assessment of macrocognition processes in team decision making. Distributed by: GRIIDC, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/HVDQ8HT6

Purpose:

This project attempts to develop and test an innovative approach to capturing how decisions are made by teams. We propose a methodology for tracking and monitoring team decision making processes in an unobtrusive manner through the analysis of ongoing communications. The basic premise of this work is that spontaneous verbal output provides a natural, valid, and unobtrusive indicator of basic cognitive processes such as decision making. To test this approach, we conducted our research into team dynamics and decision making processes using archival data and data collected in a laboratory setting. Benefits include identifying and diagnosing deficiencies in team decision-making and development of novel techniques for improved training for critical decision-making skills.

Data Parameters and Units:

Each lexical parameter is expressed as a percentage of total speech (dictionary terms/total word count). WC: Word count, Adjectives: Adjectives terms, Adverbs: Adverbs terms, Adverbs_Top5000: Adverbs top 5000 most common words, Anger: Anger terms, Assent: Assent terms, Boredom: Boredom terms, Causal: Causal terms, Certainty: Certainty terms, Cog_Anxiety: Cognitive Anxiety terms, CogProc_Combined: Cognitive Processing combined terms, Conj_Combined: Conjunctions terms combined, Conj_FANBOYS: Conjunctions terms FANBOYS, Conj_Top5000: Conjuncion terms top 5000 most common words, Deliberation: Deliberation terms, Distraction: Distraction terms, Disfluencies: Disfluencies terms, Exclusive: Exclusive terms, FirstPerson_plural: First Person plural terms, 1stPerson_singular: First Person singular terms, Future_Tense: Future Tense terms, Insult: Insult terms, Negation: Negation terms, Negative_Emo: Negative emotion terms, Negative_Val: Negative valence terms, Passive_voice: Passive voice terms, Past_Tense: Past tense terms, Positive_Emo: Positive emotion terms, Positive_Val: Positive valence terms, Praise_polite: Praise politeness terms, Prepositions: Prepositions terms, Present_tense: Present tense terms, PrimQs: Primary question terms, Sadness: Sadness terms, SecQs: Secondary question terms, Sensory: Sensory terms, Social: Social terms, Somatic_complaints: Somatic complaints terms, Spatial: Spatial terms, SpecDescript: Specifying Descriptor terms, Support_aid: Support aid terms, Task_Cog: Task cognitive terms, Task_Combined: Task combined terms, Task_Psy: Task psychomotor terms, Task_Related: Task related terms, Task_Verbs: Task verb terms, TeamPerspective: Team perspective terms, Top2000: Top 2000 most common words, Uncertainty: Uncertainty terms, Workload: Workload terms, Confidence: Confidence terms, WPS: Word per sentence, Sixltr: Six letter words, Dic: Dictionary terms, function: Function terms, pronoun: Pronoun terms, ppron: Personal pronoun terms, i: First person singular, we: Fist person plural terms, you: Second person terms, shehe: Third person singular terms, they: Third person terms, ipron: Impersonal pronoun terms, article: Article terms, prep: Preposition terms, auxverb: Auxilary terms, adverb: Adverb terms, conj: Conjunction terms, negate: Negation terms, verb: Verb terms, adj: Adjective terms, compare: Compare terms, interrog: Interrogative terms, number: Number terms, quant: Quantifier terms, affect: Affect terms, posemo: Positive emotion terms, negemo: Negative emotion terms, anx: Anxiety terms, anger: Anger terms, sad: Sadness terms, social: Social terms, family: Family terms, friend: Friend terms, female: Female terms, male: Male terms, cogproc: Cognitive processing terms, insight: Insight terms, cause: Cause terms, discrep: Discrepency terms, tentat: Tentative terms, certain: Certainty terms, differ: Differentiation terms, percept: Perceptual terms, see: See terms, hear: Hear terms, feel: Feel terms, bio: Biological terms, body: Body terms, health: Health terms, sexual: Sexual terms, ingest: Ingestion terms, drives: Drives terms, affiliation: Affiliation terms, achieve: Achievement terms, power: Power terms, reward: Reward terms, risk: Risk terms, focuspast: Past focus terms, focuspresent: Present focus terms, focusfuture: Future focus terms, relativ: Relative terms, motion: Motion terms, space: Space terms, time: Time terms, work: Work terms, leisure: Leisure terms, home: Home terms, money: Money terms, relig: Religion terms, death: Death terms, informal: Informal terms, swear: Swear terms, assent: Assent terms.

Methods:

Transcript data was collected from laboratory studies carried out by the primary researchers, open-source transcripts, and from academic peers.

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