Argument-based QUalitative Analysis strategy (AQUA) for analyzing free-text responses in health sciences Delphi studies

nalysis strategy (AQUA) for Delphi studies in the health sciences and presented it using a concrete project example.•This newly developed strategy can significantly support the rule-governed and intersubjective evaluation of free-text responses in Delphi processes, the integration of the results into the feedback design, and thereby also the quality of the results.