POSSIBILITIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF USING AN EXPERT OPINION SURVEY AND DELPHI INTERVIEWS IN SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES Cover Image

WYWIADY EKSPERCKIE I WYWIADY DELFICKIE W SOCJOLOGII – MOŻLIWOŚCI I KONSEKWENCJE WYKORZYSTANIA. PRZYKŁADY DOŚWIADCZEŃ BADAWCZYCH
POSSIBILITIES AND CONSEQUENCES OF USING AN EXPERT OPINION SURVEY AND DELPHI INTERVIEWS IN SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Author(s): Jakub Ryszard Stempień, Andrzej Rostocki
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: respondent; sociological interview; expert opinion survey; Delphi interview

Summary/Abstract: In the article the technique of an expert opinion survey and Delphi interviews (as a kind of expert interviews) is described. Reasons for using those interviews in contemporary sociological investigations are presented as well. Experiences of implementing those interviews into research practice of other disciplines of science and among applied researches are shortly shown. The description of the expert opinion survey and Delphi interviews is enlarged with presentation of an own research experiences. In the article some consequences of referring among academic sociological investigations to expertise and experience of social actors are analyzed. Those consequences mean the necessity of redefining the role of a sociologist and a respondent. The relation of the sociologist and the respondent should be redefined in order to implement the factor of partnership and diminish significance of the aspect of power and status. In the article some areas of sociological researches are suggested as especially adequate for using the expert opinion survey and Delphi interviews.

  • Issue Year: 62/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-100
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish