In the second phase, we asked participants to structure
these focus statements by solting and rating the r.esponses
to the focus prompt. These participants included a new
set of college students (n = 8), nutrition experts and consultants
(n = 8), and the research team(n = 5). To sort the
list of items, individual participants placed each focus
statement on a pile that they created, so statements that
individual participant s perceived as similar in meaning
were grouped in the same pile. When all statements had
been sorted, the participants were asked to title each pile.
Finally, participants were asked to rate the importance of
each statement on a 5-point scale (l = not at all important
to 5 = extremely intportanr), according to how critical they
thought each nutrition topic was for the proposed college
nutrition program. The students were paid $50 and the
experts $ 100 for their time.