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Delphi technique
Del·phi tech·nique
Definitions related to delphi technique:
  • (delphi process) A process used to arrive at a group opinion or decision by surveying a panel of experts. These experts respond to several rounds of questionnaires, and the responses are aggregated, anonymized, and shared with the group after each round. The experts are encouraged to revise their answers, considering the replies of other members of their panel, and converge toward the best answer.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An iterative questionnaire designed to measure consensus among individual responses. In the classic Delphi approach, there is no interaction between responder and interviewer.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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