"Delphi Survey of Needs for On-Farm Research: Forecasting Changes in a " by Elena Yu. Polush, Nancy Grudens-Schuck et al.

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Delphi Survey of Needs for On-Farm Research: Forecasting Changes in a Farm Organization

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Elena Yu. Polush, Ball State UniversityFollow
Nancy Grudens-Schuck, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Derrick N. ExnerFollow
Robert Karp, Practical Farmers of IowaFollow

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The forecasting abilities of Delphi technique worked well when a farmer organization wanted to predict on-farm research topics for its farmer membership. This article provides evidence—after 10 years—that Delphi successfully predicted ideas for research that lasted long into the future, including a compelling unanticipated result that changed the face of the organization. Would you want to use a research tool that was this powerful in organizational settings? This article contains details about setting up, conducting, and interpreting the Delphi.

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Polush, E. Y., Grudens-Schuck, N., Exner, D. N., & Karp, R. (2016). Delphi Survey of Needs for On-Farm Research: Forecasting Changes in a Farm Organization. The Journal of Extension, 54(3), Article 20. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/joe/vol54/iss3/20

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