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decision-making

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decision-making,
n the process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment.
decision-making, evidence-based,
n a type of informal decision-making that combines clinical expertise, patient concerns, and evidence gathered from scientific literature to arrive at a diagnosis and treatment recommendations. See also evidence-based care.
decision-making, statistical,
n a type of formal decision-making that proceeds from a hypothesis to a conclusion by incorporating such techniques as statistical inference and significance, probability analysis, literature review, sampling, and discussion.


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Literature suggests that in these situations, alternate-to-rational decision-making strategies may provide more value to the decider than previously presumed (Simon, 1983; Phillips, 1997).
The aim of this research was to determine whether a chaos theory intervention in the form of a video would assist university students' career exploration and decision-making.
Such challenges, in concert with increased demands for accountability and educational reform, underscore the need for administrators with highly effective decision-making skills and sound judgment.
 
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