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  1. Categorical and Non-categorical Alternative Attributes

    Alternatives Attributes can be managed in the DEFINE MODEL  > Review / Refine Model,  Alternatives page.  Alternative attributes allow you to specify text, numeric, Boolean, or categorical  attributes for Alternatives.  Attributes for alter...
  2. Responsive vs. Non-responsive Evaluation pages

    AnyTime evaluation pages can be Responsive  or Non-responsive .  In general, Responsive Evaluation allows you to automatically adjust the content and layout of the page to accommodate a variety of devices and window or screen size. To generat...
  3. User Priorities (Weights)

    You can set and edit participant priorities (that will be used to weigh the participant's judgments). By default the User Priorities is hidden; use the column chooser to show it: When the User Priority check box is enabled, the User Priority co...
  4. Workgroup, Model and Evaluation Wording

    Comparion has a flexible way of defining the wording to be used on your model. The Model Wording is initially defined for new models from: Default Options Set s   - use the wording as specified on the default option sets Judgments Options wo...
  5. Politics of Organizational Decision Making

    Organizational politics, also known as workplace politics or office politics, can be good or bad.  Some definitions include: The use of power and social networking within an organization to achieve changes that benefit the organization or indiv...
  6. Groupthink

    Groupthink is a common pitfall in group decision-making and problem-solving.  People feel reluctant to present alternatives, challenge others’ opinions, or express their own opinions.  Conditions are ripe for Groupthink when one or more of these f...
  7. Endowment effect

    The Endowment Effect , an emotional bias, is the hypothesis that people will value something they already own more than a similar item they don’t own.  This happens even when there is no cause for attachment or even if the item was only obtained li...
  8. Representativeness Heuristic

    Representativeness is the tendency to over/underestimate based on generalizations or imprecise deductive reasoning, or where certain important pieces of information are overlooked.  The Representativeness heuristic is commonly used when making judg...
  9. Rules of thumb

    A rule of thumb is a principle with broad application that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation. 1  It is based not on theory but on practical experience. FW Taylor, who is often called "The Father of Scientif...
  10. Heuristics

    Heuristics are decision-making techniques that simplify the process of coming to a reasonable decision when the "perfect" decision is unreachable or unknowable.  Heuristics may be understood as mental shortcuts that enable individuals to make quic...