
Delphi Method | RAND
Oct 17, 2023 · The Delphi method was developed by RAND in the 1950s to forecast the effect of technology on warfare. It has since been applied to health care, education, management, and …
Methodological Guidance for Conducting and Critically Appraising …
Dec 29, 2023 · The Delphi method is an iterative, anonymous, structured, group-based communication process and elicitation technique designed to help decisionmakers navigate uncertainty and …
Generating Evidence Using the Delphi Method | RAND
Oct 17, 2023 · The Delphi method, developed at RAND in the 1950s, is a group-based process for eliciting and aggregating opinion on a topic with a goal of exploring the existence of consensus …
Delphi is widely used today by a wide variety of academic disciplines, particularly the medical field, which is responsible for introducing numerous modifications of the method (Khodyakov et al., 2023). …
Analysis of the Future: The Delphi Method | RAND
A description of the Delphi Technique which attempts to make effective use of informed intuitive judgment in long-range forecasting. The Delphi method in its simplest form solicits the opinions of …
Consensus Methods: Characteristics and Guidelines for Use
A survey of the characteristics of several major methods (Delphi, Nominal Group, and models developed by the National Institutes of Health and by Glaser), as well as guidelines for those who want to use …
Delphi Process: A Methodology Used for the Elicitation of Opinions of ...
A description of the Delphi method and some of the areas to which it has and could be applied. Choosing the panel of experts, whose expertise could be decided on various grounds, is one …
The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method User's Manual
This manual presents step-by-step guidelines for conceptualising, designing, and carrying out a study of the appropriateness of medical or surgical procedures (for either diagnosis or treatment) using the …
The Delphi process has since also come to be used in a variety of health and medical settings. The method generally involves multiple rounds, in which a questionnaire is sent to a group of experts who …
Futures Methodologies | RAND
Since the 1950s, RAND has made significant contributions to a wide range of methodologies focused on how to deal with the longer-range future.