Methodological and Conceptual Issues Confronting a Cross-Country Delphi Study of Educational Program Evaluation

Autor/inn/en	Hung, Hsin-Ling; Altschuld, James W.; Lee, Yi-Fang
Titel	Methodological and Conceptual Issues Confronting a Cross-Country Delphi Study of Educational Program Evaluation
Quelle	In: Evaluation and Program Planning, 31 (2008) 2, S.191-198 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0149-7189
DOI	10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.02.005
Schlagwörter	Delphi Technique; Program Evaluation; Research Methodology; Foreign Countries; Evaluation Research; Research Problems; Educational Research; Formative Evaluation; Evaluation Problems; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Delphi-Methode; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Ausland; Evaluationsforschung; Forschungskritik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	Although the Delphi is widely used, research on certain methodological issues is somewhat limited. After a brief introduction to the strengths, limitations, and methodological challenges of the technique, we share our experiences (as well as problems encountered) with an electronic Delphi of educational program evaluation (EPE) in the Asia-Pacific region. The study is described followed by a discussion of the difficulties in participant recruitment and selection, sample size, instrumentation, data collection and analysis and attempts to resolve them. Some of these problems are generic to the Delphi whereas others related to the specifics of the investigation. What we learned should be useful for future Delphis with a similar focus. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10