Bloor, Michael John, Sampson, Helen  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-9452, Baker, Susan Catherine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-4157 and Dahlgren, Katrin
2013.
Useful but no oracle: reflections on the use of a Delphi Group in a multi-methods policy research study.
Qualitative Research
10.1177/1468794113504103
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Abstract
Delphi Groups are an increasingly popular method, not least because electronic communications have made it easier to assemble a 'virtual' expert panel, but there have been a number of review articles which have pointed to a lack of rigour. Using an extended case study of a Delphi Group designed to establish agreed policy recommendations and deriving from a project using observational and semi-structured interview methods, this article examines the value of Delphi Groups as part of a mixed method research design. The article includes a narrative of the sequence of events in the Delphi Group's deliberations, a detailed examination of how the group process led to the modification of one draft policy recommendation, a further examination of a contested additional policy recommendation and a list of pragmatic recommendations on the conduct of Delphi Groups in respect of size, composition, recruitment, contestation, timing, closure and scope.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Research Institutes & Centres > Sustainable Places Research Institute (PLACES) Research Institutes & Centres > Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC) Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Delphi Group, extended peer review, member validation, multiple methods, policy recommendations |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 1468-7941 |
| Funders: | ESRC |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2023 19:45 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/52716 |
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