Accession Number:

AD0649640

Title:

ANALYSIS OF THE FUTURE: THE DELPHI METHOD

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Helmer, Olaf

Report Date:

1967-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

The Delphi technique, in its simplest form, eliminates committee activity among the experts altogether and replaces it with a carefully designed program of sequential individual interrogations usually best conducted by questionnaires interspersed with information and opinion feedback.

Descriptors:

• *PREDICTIONS
• *PROBABILITY
• *DELPHI TECHNIQUES
• DECISION MAKING
• QUESTIONNAIRES
• REASONING

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE