Patent ID: 7330823
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of sociometric analysis of a group of schoolchildren, comprising: surveying the schoolchildren to obtain peer nominations to social preference questions; analyzing the peer nominations to generate standardized Liked Most (zLM) and Liked Least (zLL) metrics for each schoolchild; generating standardized Social Preference (zSP) and Social Impact (zSI) scores from the zLM and zLL metrics; classifying each schoolchild into one of a plurality of mutually exclusive sociometric social classifications based on the zSP, zSI, zLM, and zLL values; and generating a probability score for each schoolchild indicative of the probability of the schoolchild being classified in each sociometric social classification upon re-assessment, wherein the probability of each schoolchild's Social Preference score upon re-assessment would fall within the numeric ranges of greater than +1, less than −1, between −1 and +1, and between −0.5 and +0.5, are respectively: