Delphi: A Technique to Harness Expert Opinion for Critical Decision-Making Tasks in Education.

Clayton, Mark J.

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ERIC Number: EJ580637

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Delphi: A Technique to Harness Expert Opinion for Critical Decision-Making Tasks in Education.

Clayton, Mark J.

Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v17 n4 p373-86 Dec 1997

Argues that the conventional Delphi procedure offers decision makers a user-friendly, rigorous, and systematic strategy for collecting and disseminating critical information. Reviews literature related to the Delphi procedure, provides a rationale for its use, describes its distinctive features, reviews points of contention, and provides an indication of past and present uses. (DSK)

Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Delphi Technique, Educational Policy, Information Dissemination, Planning, Policy Formation, Problem Solving

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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