The Delphi Method

An Experimental Study of Group Opinion

Norman Crolee Dalkey

ResearchPublished 1969

This report deals with one aspect of RAND's continuing study of methods for improving decisionmaking. It describes the results of an extensive set of experiments conducted at RAND during the spring and summer of 1968. The experiments were concerned with evaluating the effectiveness of the Delphi procedures for formulating group judgments.

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Dalkey, Norman Crolee, The Delphi Method: An Experimental Study of Group Opinion, RAND Corporation, RM-5888-PR, 1969. As of October 13, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5888.html
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Dalkey, Norman Crolee, The Delphi Method: An Experimental Study of Group Opinion. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1969. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5888.html.
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