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Hunter, C. Bruce – Media and Methods, 1983
Suggests sources for reviews of available software, and provides seven guidelines for selecting appropriate software: know your objectives; check on software compatibility and available support; consider brand names first; check evaluations, copying restrictions, and documentation. Suggestions for taking care of software and a discussion of word…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Courseware, Decision Making, Guidelines
Peer reviewedCrawford, Walt – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Suggests factors to be considered in planning for the purchase of a microcomputer, including budgets, benefits, costs, and decisions. Major uses of a personal computer are described--word processing, financial analysis, file and database management, programming and computer literacy, education, entertainment, and thrill of high technology. (EJS)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Malinconico, S. Michael – Library Journal, 1984
Suggests decision making techniques that can be used to estimate the consequences of choosing alternative courses of action, to select an optimum strategy, or to determine how sensitive predicted outcomes are to particular assumptions. Microcomputer use, quantitative techniques, and examples involving item reordering and adoption of word…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Software, Decision Making, Information Systems
