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Two Consensus Definitions: climate change acceptance definition
This post explains how the PLOS One Delphi study defined "climate change acceptance" for undergraduate science students and how AI-enabled qualitative research can operationalize those definitions. According to the PLOS One article published August 25, 2026, researchers used a mixed-methods Delphi process to produce two defensible definitions of climate change acceptance for biology, chemistry, and geoscience majors. This analysis targets education researchers and UX/qualitative teams who measure beliefs and learning outcomes, and it shows practical steps for using AI to accelerate transcription, coding, and validity checks.
In this article
- Key Takeaways
- What happened and how the Delphi worked
- Findings snapshot
- Implications for higher education researchers and instructors
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