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Teichert, Tobias, Jack Grinband, and Vincent Ferrera. "The importance of decision onset." Journal of Neurophysiology 115, no. 2 (2016): 643–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00274.2015.

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The neural mechanisms of decision making are thought to require the integration of evidence over time until a response threshold is reached. Much work suggests that response threshold can be adjusted via top-down control as a function of speed or accuracy requirements. In contrast, the time of integration onset has received less attention and is believed to be determined mostly by afferent or preprocessing delays. However, a number of influential studies over the past decade challenge this assumption and begin to paint a multifaceted view of the phenomenology of decision onset. This review highlights the challenges involved in initiating the integration of evidence at the optimal time and the potential benefits of adjusting integration onset to task demands. The review outlines behavioral and electrophysiolgical studies suggesting that the onset of the integration process may depend on properties of the stimulus, the task, attention, and response strategy. Most importantly, the aggregate findings in the literature suggest that integration onset may be amenable to top-down regulation, and may be adjusted much like response threshold to exert cognitive control and strategically optimize the decision process to fit immediate behavioral requirements.

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Heerkens, Hans, Christiaan Norde, and Beatrice van der Heijden. "Importance assessment of decision attributes." Management Decision 49, no. 5 (2011): 748–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251741111130832.

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Davidson, Denise, and Judith Hudson. "The effects of decision reversibility and decision importance on children's decision making." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 46, no. 1 (1988): 35–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(88)90021-5.

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TICHÁ, I., J. HRON, and J. FIEDLER. "Managerial decision making – importance of intuition in the rational process." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 56, No. 12 (2010): 553–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/169/2010-agricecon.

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The article contributes to the debate over the use of intuition in the managerial decision making. A brief overview of the debate is further elaborated with the comparison of findings brought about by two surveys conducted in the field settings. The comparison shows some similarities &ndash; for instance, the number of respondents admitting their reliance on intuition in decision making, but also some major differences.

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Eastman, Wayne, and Michael Santoro. "The Importance of Value Diversity in Corporate Life." Business Ethics Quarterly 13, no. 4 (2003): 433–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/beq200313431.

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Abstract:Donaldson and Dunfee (1999) suggest in a brief discussion that a manager may in some cases rely on his or her own values in making organizational decisions. Our paper examines the role of diversity in values in an organizational context. Our central contention is that value diversity among managers, employees, and other stakeholders on dimensions such as prudence-boldness, clarity-flexibility, and rigor-mercy is highly useful for an organization. We introduce nontechnical models of individual and board decision-making in which value diversity cuts across group interests that would otherwise control the decision. In these models, decision-makers who are influenced by values such as prudence or boldness as well as by their group interests are more likely to avoid suboptimal decisions, because their weaker but not their more intense group interests are likely to be overridden by their cross-cutting value inclinations.

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Jumino, Jumino. "The Importance of Decision Making for Information and Library Managers." Anuva 2, no. 3 (2018): 307. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/anuva.2.3.307-315.

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This articles deals with the importance of decision making done by Information and Library Managers. The method used is document study with qualitative approach. The results of the analysis show that decision making for Information and Library Managers are an essential function in managing libary and information service. It is the primary task of Information and Library Managers, since every function of management a library needs a decision to be applied. It involves the stages of decision making process, such as defining objectives, collecting information, choosing and discussing alternatives, implementing decisions, delegating jobs, and evaluating them. Furthermore, there two types of Information and Library Managers, rational and irrationa[ managers. Rational managers worked with their subordinates in group, delegated to their subordinates, and the final decision belonged to the subordinates. On the other hand, in planning and solving problems dealing with decision making proccess, the irrational manager never involved and communicated with subodinates at all.

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Bruce, Peter J. "Decision-making in airline operations: the importance of identifying decision considerations." International Journal of Aviation Management 1, no. 1/2 (2011): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijam.2011.038295.

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WONG, J. G., I. C. H. CLARE, M. J. GUNN, and A. J. HOLLAND. "Capacity to make health care decisions: its importance in clinical practice." Psychological Medicine 29, no. 2 (1999): 437–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291798008113.

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Background. Assessment of capacity plays a pivotal role in determining when decisions need to be made on behalf of an individual. It therefore has major clinical management implications for health care professionals and civil liberties implications for the person concerned. In many countries, there is a presumption that adults have the capacity to make health care decisions. However, in persons with a mental disability, capacity may be temporarily or permanently impaired.Methods. A selective review is presented which considers: (i) the broad approaches taken to determining capacity; (ii) the abilities commonly assessed in determining capacity; and (iii) the principles underlying health care decision-making for adults who are without capacity.Results. Capacity is a functional concept, determined by the person's ability to understand, retain, and weigh up information relevant to the decision in order to arrive at a choice, and then to communicate that choice. We have reviewed the studies that examined decision-making abilities in people with dementia, chronic mental illness or intellectual disabilities. Approaches to decision-making in adults who lack capacity include: anticipatory decisions made through advance health care statements or decisions by proxy based on ‘best interests’ or ‘substituted judgement’.Conclusions. The understanding of clinical and legal aspects of capacity is still developing. This paper examines current concepts of capacity and decision-making on behalf of those without capacity. We propose a framework, in line with current ethical and legal guidelines, as an aid to clinicians when they are seeking consent for a health care intervention.

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Silvestri, Gerard A., Sommer Knittig, James S. Zoller, and Paul J. Nietert. "Importance of Faith on Medical Decisions Regarding Cancer Care." Journal of Clinical Oncology 21, no. 7 (2003): 1379–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2003.08.036.

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Purpose: Decisions regarding cancer treatment choices can be difficult. Several factors may influence the decision to undergo treatment. One poorly understood factor is the influence of a patient’s faith on how they make medical decisions. We compared the importance of faith on treatment decisions among doctors, patients, and patient caregivers. Methods: One hundred patients with advanced lung cancer, their caregivers, and 257 medical oncologists were interviewed. Participants were asked to rank the importance of the following factors that might influence treatment decisions: cancer doctor’s recommendation, faith in God, ability of treatment to cure disease, side effects, family doctor’s recommendation, spouse’s recommendation, and children’s recommendation. Results: All three groups ranked the oncologist’s recommendation as most important. Patients and caregivers ranked faith in God second, whereas physicians placed it last (P < .0001). Patients who placed a high priority on faith in God had less formal education (P < .0001). Conclusion: Patients and caregivers agree on the factors that are important in deciding treatment for advanced lung cancer but differ substantially from doctors. All agree that the oncologist’s recommendation is most important. This is the first study to demonstrate that, for some, faith is an important factor in medical decision making, more so than even the efficacy of treatment. If faith plays an important role in how some patients decide treatment, and physicians do not account for it, the decision-making process may be unsatisfactory to all involved. Future studies should clarify how faith influences individual decisions regarding treatment.

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Gelhaus, Petra. "Robot decisions: on the importance of virtuous judgment in clinical decision making." Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 17, no. 5 (2011): 883–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01720.x.

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Hensel, Chris R., D. Don Ezra, and John H. Ilkiw. "The Importance of the Asset Allocation Decision." Financial Analysts Journal 47, no. 4 (1991): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2469/faj.v47.n4.65.

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Dytrt, Zdenek, and Radomir Serek. "Importance of Ethical Aspects for Decision-Making." Business and Economic Research 10, no. 3 (2020): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v10i3.17292.

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The management theory did not develop equally with the changes in technologies. The consequence of this shortcoming is a prevalence of quantitative management which puts an emphasis on the quantitative values. This represents a risk for the sustainable growth. Therefore, the managerial ethics, which biases qualitative values and attitudes, is important for the managers' decision-making. The effective decision-making process is further based not only on the manager's experience, which may lead to a certain routine, but also on the cooperation among the other departments and educational institutions. Furthermore, the successful innovations, which are often an outcome of the systemic and complex decision-making, require to follow certain rules during their implementation. A person may become an initiator, leader, subject or a consumer of the innovation and should be adequately prepared for all these roles. Despite the abrupt development in the technical areas there is not such progress in the humanities. Education is still more focused on the content and form (thus quantity) rather than on the applications and relations (quality).

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Peccei, Riccardo, and Malcom Warner. "Industrial Relations, Strategic Importance and Decision-Making." Relations industrielles 36, no. 1 (2005): 132–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/029129ar.

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This study looks at Industrial Relations decision-making in 18 decision-areas, in a multinational firm. It analyses the problem in terms of a model of strategic importance and examines in detail the inter-organizational variance of centralization of the Company's four main product divisions. Substructural autonomy appears to increase with the size of subsidiary, but seems to level off once they have attained a certain size. The average size of subsidiary and average degree of conflict for each of the divisions were also found to be related in a somewhat unexpected way.

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WANG, Qiang, and Xiao-qing JI. "Importance decision analysis on software testing design." Journal of Computer Applications 31, no. 6 (2012): 1495–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/sp.j.1087.2011.01495.

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Yager, Ronald R., and Naif Alajlan. "Multicriteria Decision-Making With Imprecise Importance Weights." IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems 22, no. 4 (2014): 882–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tfuzz.2013.2277734.

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Meng, Lingjie, Yu Du, and Liuheng Wang. "Research on Radar Importance with Decision Matrix." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 274 (December 2017): 012165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/274/1/012165.

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Reckhow, Kenneth H. "Importance of scientific uncertainty in decision making." Environmental Management 18, no. 2 (1994): 161–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02393758.

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GRABISCH, Michel, Christophe LABREUCHE, and Mustapha RIDAOUI. "On importance indices in multicriteria decision making." European Journal of Operational Research 277, no. 1 (2019): 269–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.02.035.

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Visher, Christy A. "Juror decision making: The importance of evidence." Law and Human Behavior 11, no. 1 (1987): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01044835.

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Neacşa, Marin, George Adîr, and Victor Adir. "Group Decision Support Systems and Product Lifecycle Management in Robotics." Applied Mechanics and Materials 555 (June 2014): 799–804. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.555.799.

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The paper underlines the importance of the support systems for groups decisions in the decisional process of an organization, when a great number of decision-makers are working together to solve with maximum efficiency the problems appeared in different projects of the organization. A greater volume of information allows better statistical predictions, necessary in the adoption of decisions. We present a method that could solve different problems in many projects, based on the decision theory in risk and uncertainty conditions.

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Rivera, Lauren A. "Employer Decision Making." Annual Review of Sociology 46, no. 1 (2020): 215–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-121919-054633.

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The decisions employers make are of critical importance to sociological understandings of labor market stratification. While contemporary research documents employment outcomes with ever-growing precision, far less work examines how employers actually make decisions. In this article, I review research on the process of employer decision making, focusing on how employers evaluate, compare, and select workers in personnel decisions. I begin by summarizing the most prevalent theories of employer decision making in sociology, grouping them into competency-based, status-based, and social closure–based approaches. A common thread underlying much of this work is the assumption that employers are utility maximizers who base decisions on systematic, even if flawed, cognitive calculations of worker skill and workforce productivity. I then turn to recent research from sociology and beyond that challenges this notion and highlights the importance of understanding how employers themselves—their emotions, identities, and environments—affect decisions. I conclude by suggesting directions for future research.

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Demian, Mihai, Luminita Grecu, and Gabriela Demian. "Optimization for Materials Selection and its Importance in a Management Performance." Advanced Engineering Forum 27 (April 2018): 257–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/aef.27.257.

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The complexity and importance of the management activities, and implicitly decision-making activities requires in the current period, the use of modern techniques and methods, very well scientifically founded. A power plant management activity involves making decisions based wealth of information and often involve the most varied criteria: technical, economic, environmental and others. Using methods of multi-criteria decision becomes an indispensable decision factor. In this paper, we apply such a method for prioritizing namely Onicescu method in solving the problems as the optimal choose of materials for the realization of thermal to a superheater. Are analyzed three materiale10CrMo9-10, 13CrMo4-5, 16Mo3 taking into account criteria such as technical resistance duration, creep limit, cost and others.

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Alguera-Lara, Victoria, Michelle M. Dowsey, Jemimah Ride, Skye Kinder, and David Castle. "Shared decision making in mental health: the importance for current clinical practice." Australasian Psychiatry 25, no. 6 (2017): 578–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856217734711.

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Objectives: We reviewed the literature on shared decision making (regarding treatments in psychiatry), with a view to informing our understanding of the decision making process and the barriers that exist in clinical practice. Methods: Narrative review of published English-language articles. Results: After culling, 18 relevant articles were included. Themes identified included models of psychiatric care, benefits for patients, and barriers. There is a paucity of published studies specifically related to antipsychotic medications. Conclusions: Shared decision making is a central part of the recovery paradigm and is of increasing importance in mental health service delivery. The field needs to better understand the basis on which decisions are reached regarding psychiatric treatments. Discrete choice experiments might be useful to inform the development of tools to assist shared decision making in psychiatry.

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Compare, Michele, Michele Bellora, and Enrico Zio. "Aggregation of importance measures for decision making in reliability engineering." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability 231, no. 3 (2017): 242–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748006x17694495.

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This article investigates the aggregation of rankings based on component importance measures to provide the decision maker with a guidance for design or maintenance decisions. In particular, ranking aggregation algorithms of the literature are considered, a procedure for ensuring that the aggregated ranking is compliant with the Condorcet criterion of majority principle is presented and two original ranking aggregation approaches are proposed. Comparisons are made on a case study of an auxiliary feed-water system of a nuclear pressurized water reactor.

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Gurbuz, Feyza. "Strategy development with SWOT analysis on manufacturing companies in rapid growth: A ceramic industry application." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 10 (2018): 01–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i10.3083.

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Decision-making is important for organisations, since the consequences of given decisions are identified among the major risk factors for organisations’ future. This study aims to prove the importance of using combined decision-making methods for a successful decision-making for managers. In a ceramics company, multi-criteria decision-making processes were applied for taking quick action for future strategies. SWOT analysis was used for determining potential strategies. After then, multicriteria decision-making methods were used to determine the importance of each potential strategy. Keywords: Multi-criteria decision-making, SWOT analysis, strategy management.

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Paredes, Anghela Z., Christopher T. Aquina, Luke V. Selby, Stephanie DiFilippo, and Timothy M. Pawlik. "Increasing Importance of Ethics in Surgical Decision Making." Advances in Surgery 54 (September 2020): 251–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yasu.2020.05.008.

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Podinovski, V. V., and O. V. Podinovskaya. "New multicriterial decision rules in criteria importance theory." Doklady Mathematics 88, no. 1 (2013): 486–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/s1064562413040030.

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Monteverde, Settimio. "The Importance of Time in Ethical Decision Making." Nursing Ethics 16, no. 5 (2009): 613–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733009106653.

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Departing from a contemporary novel about a boy who is going to die from leukaemia, this article shows how the dimension of time can be seen as a morally relevant category that bridges both ‘dramatic’ issues, which constitute the dominant focus of bioethical decision making, and ‘undramatic’ issues, which characterize the lived experience of patients, relatives and health care workers. The moral task of comparing the various time dimensions of a given situation is explained as an act of ‘synchronizing’ the clocks. Ethical sensitivity and competence are presented as core skills that allow a continuity of care in situations where dramatic issues seem to be resolved, but undramatic ones are still not addressed. A nine-step model of shared decision making is proposed as an approach to identifying critical junctures within an illness trajectory and synchronizing the clocks of the involved actors.

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Elwyn, Glyn, Nan Cochran, and Michael Pignone. "Shared Decision Making—The Importance of Diagnosing Preferences." JAMA Internal Medicine 177, no. 9 (2017): 1239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1923.

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Pieterse, Arwen H., Anne M. Stiggelbout, and Victor M. Montori. "Shared Decision Making and the Importance of Time." JAMA 322, no. 1 (2019): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.3785.

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Lai, Linda S. L., and W. M. To. "Importance‐performance analysis for public management decision making." Management Decision 48, no. 2 (2010): 277–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00251741011022626.

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Logan, Wayne A. "The Importance of Purpose in Probation Decision Making." Buffalo Criminal Law Review 7, no. 1 (2003): 171–232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nclr.2003.7.1.171.

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Franic, Duska. "Pharmacoeconomics of key importance in formulary decision-making." PharmacoResources 23, no. 1 (1995): 3–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03309495.

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Truong, Que Duy, and Nguyen Tien Manh. "The Importance of Decision Making in Public Organizations." Journal of Asian Multicultural Research for Social Sciences Study 2, no. 1 (2021): 16–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.47616/jamrsss.v2i1.87.

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This study discusses the role of decision making in public organization. Comprehensive decision-making analysis is the application of methods within the setting of narrowing the choice in this conclusion that each decision requires examination utilizing elective strategies of investigation to limit down the elective choices. Issues that emerge are impediments that happen and influence vital things so that objectives are deferred. The presence of an issue gets to be degenerate and not in agreement with what was arranged, anticipated but not running appropriately. This can be what influences a choice that already had to analyze the issue, to begin with. Issues are more often than not recognized promptly but can be settled by analyzing them. It ought to be famous that somebody who makes the choice to create for the organization more often than not has inspirations that depend on the character of the elective confronting elective results and personal objectives. In the event that there are as well numerous choices, at that point ordinarily, individuals will make they possess a decision-making system agreeing to their identity.

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Gosling, Corentin J., Serge Caparos, and Sylvain Moutier. "The interplay between the importance of a decision and emotion in decision-making." Cognition and Emotion 34, no. 6 (2020): 1260–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1741340.

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Piercey, C. Darren. "Emphasizing Nonword Decisions in Word-Decision Performance." Psychological Reports 103, no. 1 (2008): 97–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.103.1.97-101.

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A robust finding in the lexical decision literature is that decisions to words are made more quickly and accurately than decisions to nonwords. When instructions are presented to participants prior to an experiment, an emphasis is usually placed on identifying words. This study assessed whether instructing participants to emphasize nonword decisions would affect the performance of the speed and accuracy of identification. A total of 98 individuals took part, 49 in a Word Instruction condition and 49 in a Nonword Instruction condition. Analysis indicated changes in emphasis on words versus nonwords decreased the difference in mean reaction time between word and nonword decisions. An interesting finding is that the manipulation of instructions affected reaction times to words but not to nonwords. The analysis of accuracy yielded no significant comparisons. Further research is required to assess the importance of the finding that the manipulation of instructions affects only word decisions.

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Hanaysha, Jalal Rajeh, Mohammed Emad Al Shaikh, and Haitham M. Alzoubi. "Importance of Marketing Mix Elements in Determining Consumer Purchase Decision in the Retail Market." International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology 12, no. 6 (2021): 56–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijssmet.2021110104.

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This research aimed to identify the linkages between marketing mix elements and the purchase decision process among consumers in the Malaysian retail industry. To fulfill this objective, the present study followed a quantitative survey for gathering the data from the consumers of department stores at the East Coast region in Malaysia. All of the obtained data were inserted and coded using SPSS and then analysed by AMOS 18. The findings indicated that the impact of advertising on the consumers' purchase decision is positive and statistically significant. Besides that, the findings demonstrated that distribution intensity has a negative effect on purchase decision, whereas price plays a key important role in affecting purchase decisions process of the consumers. Lastly, the findings of this paper verified that store image and store location have significant positive linkages with purchase decision. These outcomes enhance our understanding on the role of marketing mix elements in determining a consumer's purchase decision, particularly in the retail context.

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Callaghan, Kathleen. "Factors influencing diagnostic decision-making." Journal of Primary Health Care 4, no. 3 (2012): 223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/hc12223.

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INTRODUCTION: Identifying influences on diagnostic decisions is important because diagnostic errors often have far-reaching consequences for an individuals future within the workforce and their eligibility for Accident Compensation Corporationfunded treatment. Most investigations of factors biasing decision making have used quantitative techniques rather than qualitative methods. AIM: To identify factors influencing GPs diagnostic decision-making and to develop a valid questionnaire to determine the desirability and importance of each factors influence. METHODS: Focus groups and the Delphi method were combined with Rasch analysis to identify factors influencing GPs diagnostic decision-making and then examine the strength and stability of ratings of the factors desirability and importance. RESULTS: Thirty-nine factors were identified. Factors demonstrating high stability but no consensus included the importance of evidence-based medicine, the potential ramifications of a diagnosis, and the desirability of medicolegal issues. Factors for which there was disagreement in the first Delphi round but consensus in the second round included the importance of patient advocacy/support groups and the desirability of examination findings. Rasch analysis indicated that the questionnaire was close to the model (88.6% and 86.2% of variance in the ratings of importance and desirability explained). DISCUSSION: Participants readily identified factors influencing GPs diagnostic decision-making. Their ratings did not appear to support a prescriptive model of medicine, yet two cornerstones of prescriptive medicine, clinical information and probability of disease, were rated as highly desirable and important. KEYWORDS: Decision-making; diagnosis; bias; Rasch analysis; general practitioners

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Bondelind, M., N. Markwat, J. Toljander, M. Simonsson, M. Säve-Söderbergh, and G. M. Morrison. "Building trust: the importance of democratic legitimacy in the formation of consumer attitudes toward drinking water." Water Policy 21, no. 1 (2018): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2018.144.

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Abstract This study aimed to explore the role of democratic decision legitimacy in the formation of consumer attitudes toward drinking water. Using consumer-level data on the decision to change the drinking water sources in two Swedish cities, three core sets of variables were constructed: (1) the overall democratic decision legitimacy, defined as the citizens' support for the decision; (2) the input, throughput and output dimensions of decision legitimacy, representing the citizens' perceived opportunity to provide input, their ability to oversee, as well as their level of satisfaction with the outcome of the decision-making process; and (3) consumer attitudes toward drinking water, comprising trust, risk perception and acceptance. The results of the study provide support for the proposed mechanism that consumers that perceive a decision-making process more positively also tend to support the ultimate decision more, which in turn helps to establish more positive consumer attitudes towards their drinking water. Consequently, democratic legitimacy is an important precursor for building trust. This is particularly important if a waterborne outbreak has negatively impacted consumers' trust in their water, and when political and engineering decisions must be made.

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Wogden, Francesca, Alyson Norman, and Louise Dibben. "Treatment Choice in Adolescents With Cleft Lip and/or Palate: The Importance of Shared Decision-Making." Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 56, no. 9 (2019): 1220–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1055665619848256.

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Objective: Limited research has studied the involvement of children in medical decision-making. The aim of the study was to understand the involvement of adolescents with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) in decisions about elective surgeries and treatments. Design: Parents and professionals completed mixed-methods questionnaires about the degree to which children had been involved in choices about elective treatments. Data were analyzed using content analysis. Young people aged 12 to 25 years were asked to take part in semistructured interviews. The data were analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Setting: Questionnaire data collection took place online, and interview data were collected via messenger or telephone-based interviews. Participants: The study employed 30 participants; 11 young people (3 male, 8 female), 17 parents (13 mothers, 4 fathers), and 5 professionals (2 surgeons, 2 speech and language therapists, and 1 pediatric dentist). Results: Five main themes were identified. These reflected participants feeling that with increasing age should come increased involvement in decision-making and that it was important for adolescents to “have a voice” during decision-making. Parents, peers, and health professionals were identified as influencing decisions. Most adolescents reported overall satisfaction with their involvement in decision-making but sometimes felt “left in the dark” by professionals or under pressure from parents. A desire to improve speech and/or appearance was as an area where adolescents wanted to be more involved in decision-making. Conclusions: Shared decision-making is an important factor for psychological well-being by promoting autonomy and self-esteem among adolescents with CL/P.

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Britt, Katherine, and Karen Schlag. "Family Caregivers’ Decision-Support Needs Beyond the Decision Aid." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (2020): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.219.

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Abstract Of the estimated 16 million U.S. family members currently providing essential yet unpaid caregiving for persons with dementia (PWD), many will also make end-of-life (EOL) care decisions as surrogates, a process that can be fraught with uncertainty. Even with dementia death rates rising, many families delay advanced care planning (ACP) discussions, and surrogate decision makers often lack crucial information and support, implicating the need to further study this topic in aging. While decision aids (DA) serve as a support tool for caregivers, they can be less effective when failing to address unresolved decisional needs. Utilizing the Ottawa Decision Support Framework (ODSF), which asserts caregiver decision needs affect decision quality, this study sought to identify surrogate decision-support needs extending beyond general ACP. This mixed study used cognitive interviews and focus groups with family caregivers (N=13) and healthcare professionals (n=14) to assess their knowledge and understanding of hospice and artificial hydration and nutrition. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed with thematic content analysis. Three main themes were identified: DAs alone aren’t enough to foster quality decision making for surrogates; individualized communication is necessary to clarify PWD and caregiver value priorities and disease trajectories; and clarification of the impact of care choices within situational contexts is quintessential. Further development is needed to create a practice protocol from these themes to inform professionals assisting surrogates in ACP at EOL. Practical implications from this study include highlighting the importance of individualized communication between PWD, providers, and caregivers in addressing EOL care decisional needs.

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Stovitz, Steven D., and Ian Shrier. "Medical decision making and the importance of baseline risk." British Journal of General Practice 63, no. 616 (2013): e795-e797. http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13x674585.

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Nauta, Noks, Sieuwke Ronner, and Benno Groeneveld. "The Importance of Decision Making: A Gifted Case Report." Gifted and Talented International 24, no. 2 (2009): 121–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2009.11673534.

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Gudmundsson, Saemundur. "Importance of venous flow assessment for clinical decision-making." European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology 84, no. 2 (1999): 173–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0301-2115(98)00326-1.

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Li, Fachao, Zan Zhang, and Chenxia Jin. "Constructing importance measure of attributes in covering decision table." Knowledge-Based Systems 76 (March 2015): 228–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2014.12.018.

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Dennis, Robin L. "Forecasting errors: The importance of the decision-making context." Climatic Change 11, no. 1-2 (1987): 81–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00138796.

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Black, William C. "Importance of Individualized Decision Making for Lung Cancer Screening." Radiology 289, no. 1 (2018): 225–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1148/radiol.2018181220.

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