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Wilcox's role is to help to resolve such differences of opinion, a topic that was also addressed in a recent article in Next Wave's Postdoc Network.
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If someone asks you your opinion about a topic you haven't thought about before, don't make one up on the spot- but admitting that you haven't thought about it yet, you retain the ability to form a well-informed opinion later on.
Without fail, either one or both individuals is surprised, if not shocked, by their partner's opinion on a topic.
Consider further the purpose of a Likert scale – to allow respondents to express both the direction and strength of their opinion about a topic (Likert 1974; Jöreskog and Sörbom 1982).
Forming an opinion about a topic does not require one to dismiss all other ideas as objectively incorrect and useless.
Before the birth of the blogosphere, most people with an opinion on a topic could share it with a few friends at most and have disagreements of varying intensity.
The Delphi technique is a widely used and accepted method for achieving consensus of opinion on a topic area solicited from experts within a field [ 20, 22, 23].
It is not an opportunity for you to give your opinion on a topic.
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