posted on 2023-08-30, 18:35authored byIan Belton, George Wright, Aileen Sissons, Fergus Bolger, Megan M. Crawford, Iain Hamlin, Courtney Taylor Browne Lūka, Alexandrina Vasilichi
In this paper, we investigate the effect of Delphi group size and opinion diversity on group members’ information load as well as on their overall experience of the Delphi process - in terms of task involvement (enjoyment and interest) and in terms of group sway (the influence and helpfulness of others’ rationales). For Delphi applications involving the exchange of rationales between participants, we found no evidence that group sizes of up to 19 participants cause information overload or de-motivation and disengagement of participants.