TY - BOOK AU - Flomberg,Howard TI - Getting it right T2 - Quantitative approaches to decision making collection, SN - 9781631572036 AV - HD30.23 PY - 2015///.] CY - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - Decision making KW - Quantitative research KW - [genre] N1 - 2; Section 1. What's to come --; Section 2. Using observations and anticipated actions in decision-making --; Section 3. Selecting and using the right decision-making tools for the appropriate situation --; Index; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; 2; b N2 - Decision-making has been a black art for centuries. In the 20th Century, however, methods and procedures for decision-making have achieved some success, thanks to management science techniques. Making a decision is, by its very nature, a blend of qualitative and quantitative processes. Qualitative analysis is built around scrutiny of observed or anticipated actions. This research technique demands an analyst who can maintain an objective view of the situation. However, when we discuss quantitative analysis, we think of numbers and quantities. The mind wanders to counting, statistics and probabilities, an uncomfortable place for many. This has been the standard domain for decision theory for decades UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000336.html ER -