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Making Decisions Under Uncertainty
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Revising A Weather Warning, Choosing A Research Participant Group, Publishing An Unfinished Investigation, Allocating A Cultural Grant & Changing A Software Launch Date— You will hear the recording twice. Complete both tasks while listening.
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TASK ONE
What made the decision difficult?
Aevidence pointed in different directions
Ba convenient method excluded relevant experience
Csome responsibility remained unconfirmed
Dofficial criteria contained competing aims
Etechnical completion hid operational gaps
Fthe financial cost was unknown
Gthe public rejected all available options
Ha legal deadline could not be moved
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TASK TWO
What principle guided the final choice?
Adistinguishing readiness from completion
Bmaking the limits of knowledge explicit
Callowing the real question to shape the method
Dshowing where the scoring rules clashed
Eusing conditional rather than false precision
Ffollowing the most cautious forecast
Gchoosing the option with the largest audience
Hdelaying until every uncertainty disappeared
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