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Naming Concepts Worth Naming

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  • Rex Brown

    (School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 20191)

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Useful decision aiding needs the analyst to communicate more effectively with the decision maker (more than with the typically less busy and more technical agent who hires the analyst). Howard (2004) makes some important contributions, but some of his terms, and his rejection of concepts he considers not worth naming, are questionable. I offer my own preferred terms for an expanded list of key decision-aiding concepts.

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  • Rex Brown, 2004. "Naming Concepts Worth Naming," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 1(2), pages 86-88, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ordeca:v:1:y:2004:i:2:p:86-88
    DOI: 10.1287/deca.1030.0016
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    1. Brown, Rex V, 1993. "Impersonal Probability as an Ideal Assessment Based on Accessible Evidence: A Viable Construct?," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 215-235, October.
    2. Ronald A. Howard, 2004. "Speaking of Decisions: Precise Decision Language," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 1(2), pages 71-78, June.
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    1. L. Robin Keller, 2009. "From the Editor..," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 6(1), pages 1-3, March.
    2. Ronald A. Howard, 2004. "Response to Comments on Howard (2004)," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 1(2), pages 89-92, June.
    3. L. Robin Keller & Kelly M. Kophazi, 2008. "From the Editors..," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 5(2), pages 57-59, June.
    4. Rex V. Brown, 2012. "Decision theory as an aid to private choice," Judgment and Decision Making, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, vol. 7(2), pages 207-223, March.
    5. Jeffrey M. Keisler & Patrick S. Noonan, 2012. "Communicating Analytic Results: A Tutorial for Decision Consultants," Decision Analysis, INFORMS, vol. 9(3), pages 274-292, September.
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