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Consensus: Let’s agree to look for agreement, not consensus

ByDel Phi

Most of the hunters (academic researchers) searching for consensus in their Delphi research, are new to the sport. They believe that they must bag really big game or come home empty handed. But we don’t agree. In fact, once you have had a chance to experience Delphi hunting once or twice, your perception of the game changes. Consensus is a BIG dilemma within Delphi research. However, it is generally an unnecessary consumer of time and…

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A single round (1 round) Delphi study. How can that be?

ByDel Phi

The 2007 Lentz Dissertation by Cheryl Lentz (Dr Cheryl) was interesting in many ways. One is that it was a single round study. What she was doing was following on research that had been conducted previously. So she was able to use the prior research for the information and the factors that she would have needed to gather in round 1 of a full Delphi study. I know, I know. That’s not a Delphi study then if…