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Peer reviewedYovits, M. C.; Foulk, C. R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
Describes experiments relating information to decision making. The experiments were developed to validate previously suggested conceptual model of information flow and its relation to decision making and to establish specific values for significant parameters involved. Background and summary of recent research and experimental design and research…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Theory
Comparison of Bayesian and Regression Approaches to the Study of Information Processing in Judgment.
Download full textSlovic, Paul; Lichtenstein, Sarah – 1970
Most research on information utilization in judgment and decision making has followed two basic approaches: "regression" and "Bayesian." Each has characteristic tasks and characteristic information that must be processed to accomplish these tasks. There has been a tendency to work within a single approach with minimal communication between the…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Cues
Humphreys, Edward H.; And Others – 1986
This report presents results of research conducted in 1982 on the management of student information in Ontario. Amendments in 1982 to the Education Act, referred to as "Bill 82," mandated maintenance of student information and documentation of certain decision-making processes. The study examines the bill's legal implications and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidential Records, Decision Making, Disclosure
