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The nominal group as a research instrument for exploratory health studies.
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This paper presents a group process for conducting an exploration of the qualitative and quantitative elements, patterns and total structure of a health care problem under preliminary investigation.Reasons for employing the nominal group process as a pilot research instrument are given.The authors emphasize that it is appropriate for some problems but not for others.The Nominal Group as a Research Instrument for Exploratory Health Studies
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- Van de Ven, A. H., & Delbecq, A. L.
- Venue
- American Journal of Public Health
- Publisher
- American Public Health Association
- Published
- 1972-03
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 337-342
- ISSN
- 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
- 1541-0048
- OpenAlex
- W2129367519
- Cited by
- 624
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 25.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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