Jennifer Wallis, Jan Burns & Rose Capdevila a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, CAMHS, 3 Craven Road, Reading, RG1 5LF, Berkshire, UK. email: [email protected]. b Clinical Psychology Programmes Director, Centre for Applied Social and Psychological Development, Salomons, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent, UK. c Lecturer, T...

Among the typical dissertation research designs, one particular design that is slowly gaining acceptance is that of the Delphi Method. Using a panel of experts to achieve consensus in solving a problem, deciding the most appropriate course of action, or establishing causation where none previously existed, particularly in areas of business or education research, are uniquely ideal to employment...

Abstract Experiential marketing (XM)—a form of that uses branded experiences as a tool to influence consumers—has become one the dominant tools within world. Despite this, it is poorly understood by both sides academic and practitioner dyad. What appears be missing holistic conceptualisation XM explains not only its antecedent conditions resulting outcomes but also factors may mediate moderate ...

Abstract Introduction Retrospective trauma scores are often used to categorise trauma, however, they have little utility in the prehospital or hyper-acute setting and do not define major non-specialists. This study employed a Delphi process order gauge degrees of consensus/disagreement amongst expert panel members trauma. Method A two round modified technique was explore subject-expert consensu...

With the emergence of eTextbooks initiatives on the rise, it is promising that eTextbooks support significant opportunities for improving the educational practices. However, there are both positive and negative reports of using eTextbooks in the academic setting. This study was aimed at exploring the concept of eTextbooks by confirming the opinions from stakeholders on the features and function...

In this study, a Delphi method was used to identify and predict the roles of blended learning approaches in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environments. The Delphi panel consisted of experts in online learning from different geographic regions of the world. This study discusses findings related to (a) pros and cons of blended learning approaches in CSCL; (b) blended learning f...

The ranking-type Delphi method is well suited as a means for consensus-building by using a series of questionnaires to collect data from a panel of geographically dispersed participants. This method allows a group of experts to systematically approach a particular task or problem. While information systems researchers have been using this method for almost three decades, no research to date has...

This paper discusses the notion of collective intelligence through the application of the Wideband Delphi method as a way to obtain convergence among a group of experts. The specific application is the definition and calibration of cost estimation models that use data collected from experts as part of their calibration. Convergence is important in this case because companies need to commit to c...