The Delphi technique: Making sense of consensus

Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Hsu, Chia Chien ^a   Sandford, Brian A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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