{"id":7674,"date":"2019-05-22T15:59:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/delphi_method\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:59:25","slug":"delphi_method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/delphi_method\/","title":{"rendered":"Delphi method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A structured process for collecting and distilling knowledge from a pre-selected panel of geographically dispersed experts whose opinions or judgments are of interest by means of a series of questionnaires interspersed with anonymous controlled feedback to refine opinions. &nbsp;After two or three rounds, the panel\u201awas position is determined by averaging. &nbsp;Originally developed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.rand.org\/&amp;target=_self\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RAND Corporation<\/a>, it is designed to promote discussion among experts without the encumbrance of certain social interactive behaviors as happens during a conventional committee meeting, which are deemed to hamper opinion forming. &nbsp;The method has been widely used to generate forecasts and for problem-solving purposes in technology, education, and other fields.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"back-translation\">Back-translation<\/a>, <a href=\"expert_opinion\">Expert opinion<\/a>, <a href=\"focus_groups\">Focus groups<\/a>, <a href=\"heuristic\">Heuristic<\/a>, <a href=\"problem_solving\">Problem solving<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A structured process for collecting and distilling knowledge from a pre-selected panel of geographically dispersed experts whose opinions or judgments are of interest by means of a series of questionnaires interspersed with anonymous controlled feedback to refine opinions. &nbsp;After two or three rounds, the panel\u201awas position is determined by averaging. &nbsp;Originally developed at the RAND &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/delphi_method\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Delphi method&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}