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Multi-Attribute Consensus Building (MACB) Process Overview. February 12, 2014. Multi-Attribute Consensus Building. A quantitative approach for determining a group’s opinion about the importance of each item Can be used for research, evaluation, and decision-making purposes
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Multi-Attribute Consensus Building (MACB) Process Overview February 12, 2014
Multi-Attribute Consensus Building A quantitative approach for determining a group’s opinion about the importance of each item Can be used for research, evaluation, and decision-making purposes Available on the NCEO website (www.nceo.info): http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nceo/Tools/MACBtool.pdf
Weighting Scale • 1-20 Very Unimportant • 21-40 Unimportant • 41-60 Neither Important nor Unimportant • 61-80 Important • 81-100 Very Important
MACB with a Small Group (4-12 People) Generate a list of items Assign weightings to each item and report their weightings to the group Discuss weightings and change them if preferred
MACB with a Large Group (13+ People) Divide participants into 4-10 groups Generate a list of items Each group assigns weightings to each item and reports its weightings Discuss weightings and change them if preferred
Small Group Example: Consequential Validity Study for the AZELLA Kindergarten Placement Test
Large Group Example: Forum on Addressing Performance Gaps of Low-Performing Students: Implications for Assessment and Instruction (Warren, Christensen, Shyyan, & Thurlow, 2013)