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A Quantitative Analysis of Collective Creativity in Playing 20-Questions Games

Wen Dong, Taemie Kim, Alex Pentland

Abstract

Creativity is an important ingredient in problem solving, and problem solving in turn is an important activity for both individuals and societies. This paper discusses our novel approach of discovering the structure of problem-specific creativity with statistical methods, and mapping the interaction patterns of group processes to their performances through the discovered creativity structure. Our discussions are based on a lab study data set using the meeting mediator system through which we collected objective quantitative data. We hope our findings and quantitative approach could be applied to many other real-world problem-solving processes and to helping people.

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