Utilizing and Adapting the Delphi Method for Use in Qualitative Research

Brady, Shane R.

doi:10.1177/1609406915621381

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“…A Delphi study can be described as 'a research approach to gain consensus using a series of questionnaires and the provision of feedback to participants who have expertise in key areas' (Habibi, Sarafrazi & Izadyar 2014:12 (Gordon 1994), and this Delphi study accorded with this criterion. Open questions were distributed in the first-round questionnaire as advocated by Brady (2015), and questions inviting agreement or consensus were designed in the second round, as reaching consensus on issues is the main aim of a Delphi study (Hsu & Sandford 2007). The researchers designed and distributed the questions electronically over a period of several weeks with a one-month gap in between rounds.…”

Section: Research Methods and Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

The relationship between internationalisation, creativity and transformation: A case study of higher education in Hungary

Smith

Vass

2017

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The main objective of this article is to explore the relationship between internationalisation, creativity and transformation in the context of higher education. It is argued in academic theory that the process of internationalisation in higher education has two pillars: transformational learning and creative development, and that creativity is an integral part of transformational learning. To explore this relationship further, the authors draw on primary research undertaken in the context of a higher education institution in Budapest, Hungary. A Delphi study with senior academic staff and a focus group with Hungarian and international students were included in the research. Questions were asked which aimed to determine whether creativity is indeed an integral part of transformational learning, and whether creativity and transformation are the most important elements of internationalisation. Staff and students recognise the creative and transformative potential of internationalisation, but they also identified several challenges. These include encouraging students to go beyond instrumental approaches to learning, providing staff with the relevant training and support, changing the culture of institutions and overcoming the lack of flexibility in existing national education structures. Overall, the research findings reinforced theoretical perspectives, which propose creative thinking, cooperative and communicative learning, project-based and problem-solving activities as some of the main tools in the process of transformational learning and prerequisites for internationalisation.

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The relationship between internationalisation, creativity and transformation: A case study of higher education in Hungary

Smith

Vass

2017

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“…Delphi method is a pragmatic research method created in the 1950s by researchers at the RAND Corporation for the use in policy making (Brady, 2015) and is broadly promoted and applied to various fields, such as Technique in Normative Planning Research (Novakowski and Wellar, 2009), Health Care Service Effectiveness (Escaron et al, 2016), and Protected Area Co-Management Capacity Building Programme (De Urioste-Stone et al, 2006). As Delphi method presents the advantage of anonymous decisionmaking from experts in industries, government, and universities, it is applied at the modeling stage.…”

Section: Research Methods and Research Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

DAHP Expected Utility Based Evaluation Model for Management Performance on Interior Environmental Decoration – An Example in Taiwan

Chen

Cheng

Hsueh

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EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Construction industry has been criticized as the industry producing high pollution. Especially, a newly built house is often torn down and renovated the walls in the interior space at the life cycle stage of a housing project when buyers are using and maintaining, due to distinct customer demand and preference. Structural walls and beam columns are even randomly drilled for the piping requirement of air conditioner pipelines to result in public danger. It could be attributed to the regulation of interior environmental decoration without safety check in Taiwan and some interior designers, in order to strive for cases in the high competition, corresponding to customers' demands for changing interior patterns. In addition to newly built houses, the sale and transfer of second-hand houses is another thought for the renovation work of interior space environmental decoration to disturb the life of neighbors and seriously damage the environment. Accordingly, Delphi method, Analytical hierarchy process, and Utility theory are applied in this study to establish an AHP expected utility based evaluation model for management performance on interior environmental decoration, aiming to provide the safety management for interior environmental decoration and reduce the management review for energy consumption and environmental protection.

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“…Second, VCU uses the method when the participants are busy professionals who need flexibility to participate. The small business owners used in this study fit this requirement as well [30].…”

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confidence: 99%