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An Experimental Application of the Delphi Method to the Use of Experts

Norman Crolee Dalkey, +1 more
- 01 Apr 1963 - 
- Vol. 9, Iss: 3, pp 458-467
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The DELPHI method was devised in order to obtain the most reliable opinion consensus of a group of experts by subjecting them to a series of questionnaires in depth interspersed with controlled opinion feedback as mentioned in this paper.
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This paper gives an account of an experiment in the use of the so-called DELPHI method, which was devised in order to obtain the most reliable opinion consensus of a group of experts by subjecting them to a series of questionnaires in depth interspersed with controlled opinion feedback.

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