Accession Number:

AD0698735

Title:

THE DELPHI METHOD, III: USE OF SELF-RATINGS TO IMPROVE GROUP ESTIMATES,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Dalkey,N.
• Brown,B.
• Cochran,S.

Report Date:

1969-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

An analysis is given of the validity of using self-ratings as a technique for selecting more accurate subgroups in applications of the Delphi procedures for eliciting group judgments. A series of experiments was conducted using groups of upper-class and graduate college students answering almanac-type questions. Author

Descriptors:

• (*DECISION MAKING
• GROUP DYNAMICS)
• QUESTIONNAIRES
• TEST CONSTRUCTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• STUDENTS
• PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS
• REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE