Methodology for the Retrospective Evaluation of Decision Analysis.

Abstract

Determining the effectiveness in practice of the formal techniques of decision analysis is difficult because typically the decision situations can not be replicated. This report presents an evaluation methodology in which the general degree of success of an analysis is determined, the specific benefits and costs, both direct and indirect, are enumerated and summarized, and a critique is made of the application of each of the steps in the decision analysis. The purposes of this evaluation procedure are to encourage users of DA to review briefly and evaluate their experience after every analysis and to provide some general statistics about the strengths and weaknesses of decision analysis as it is practiced. Sample questionnaires are provided which can be used to elicit the desired information.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035856

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  • Judith Selvidge

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  • Human Systems

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  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Questionnaires
  • Statistics
  • Surveys
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.