Statistical Evaluation of Intention in Group Decision-making Dialogue

We explore the dialogue implications of a strategic voting game with a communication component and the resulting dialogue from laboratory experiments. The data reveals the role of communication in group decision making with uncertainty and personal biases. The experiment creates a conflict in human players between selfish, biased behavior and beneficial social outcomes. Unstructured chats showcase this conflict as well as issues of trust, deception, and desire to form agreement.