Methodological problems associated with the Use of the Delphi technique

Shields, T. J.; Silcock, G. W. H.; Donegan, H. A.; Bell, Y.

doi:10.1007/bf01036934

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“…The legitimacy of the Delphi technique is based on appropriate selection of participants [54,55]. They must validly represent the experts in the area under investigation [55].…”

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Description of environmental determinants of quality of life in children with intellectual disability in Japan using the Delphi technique

Kalay

Fujimori

Suzuki

et al. 2009

Environ Health Prev Med

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Objectives The present study aimed to define the framework of an environment conducive to the well-being of children with intellectually disability (CID). Methods A questionnaire composed of 31 items was developed through literature review. Then a 2-round Delphi survey was conducted with 3 different panels: health professionals (HPs), parents of CID, and teachers. The participants were asked to rate each item, select and rank the 10 most important items, and suggest additional ones. Results A total of 71 participants responded to the first round: 24 HPs, 22 parents, and 25 teachers. In the second round the overall response rate was 83%. At the end of the exercise, 12 items reached global consensus, i.e., in all groups. Only 5 items were ranked as most important by all groups: attitudes of family members at home; attitudes of HPs and teachers; support from family members at home; support at school (classmates and teachers); and government policies. Nevertheless, the panelists' views diverged on the remaining items. Several additional elements were suggested. Conclusions The views of HPs, teachers, and parents are complementary for the improvement of quality of life (QOL) of CID. The present findings will be used as a basis for the development of an instrument to assess the living environment of CID.

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“…The legitimacy of the Delphi technique is based on appropriate selection of participants [54,55]. They must validly represent the experts in the area under investigation [55].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The legitimacy of the Delphi technique is based on appropriate selection of participants [54,55]. They must validly represent the experts in the area under investigation [55]. In the current study, participants with different types and levels of expertise relevant to the life of children with intellectual disability were involved.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Description of environmental determinants of quality of life in children with intellectual disability in Japan using the Delphi technique

Kalay

Fujimori

Suzuki

et al. 2009

Environ Health Prev Med

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“…It is now possible to evaluate the new importance weightings of the component collection relative to the objective collection. Since the total impact of the collection of tactics on C i is the sum of n partial impacts for each r see (5) then the average impact density is given by …”

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“…The necessary data for use in the hierarchy is derived from a Delphi enquiry see [2] and [5]. After consensus, each element within the collection is represented by means of a vector.…”

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A Mathematical Strategy To Relate Fire Safety Evaluation And Fire Safety Policy Formulation For Buildings

Deongan¹,

Shields²,

Silcock³

1989

Fire Safety Science - Proceedings of the 2nd International Symp

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The basis for this study has its orlgln in the perceived need for the continued development of more rigorous but manageable fire safety evaluation strategies. The schemes which were particularly studied incorporated at least implicitly a form of hierarchical structure with Delphi driven data links utilising a notional form of cross-impact analysis to determine priority rankings for fire safety components. Anomalies were apparent in relation to the underlying philosophy of the procedures adopted in the establishment of the component rankings.The paper addresses the problem at two levels:1. The fundamental level -where an axiomatic approach is taken with respect to defining a hierarchy in relation to fire safety explaining the meaning of interactive importance proposing the notion of a partial impact defining a total impact introducing sequential perturbation.2. The pragmatic level -where a rigorous numerical approach is taken with respect to maintaining the Delphi assessment interval at each stage of the quantification stretching the component rankings to enhance the more important components and decrease the significance of the less important components weighting consensus data with perturbation noise.

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Tools for Making Acute Risk Decisions

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Methodological problems associated with the Use of the Delphi technique

Cited by 32 publications

References 7 publications

Description of environmental determinants of quality of life in children with intellectual disability in Japan using the Delphi technique

Description of environmental determinants of quality of life in children with intellectual disability in Japan using the Delphi technique

A Mathematical Strategy To Relate Fire Safety Evaluation And Fire Safety Policy Formulation For Buildings

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