How experts make decisions in the real world Descriptive method Stress, time-pressure, dynamic conditions, ambiguous information, and ill-defined goals Heuristics may introduce bias but can be very powerful Other related research areas
Missions- Motivation Intelligence Reconnaissance Target Monitoring Forward air control E| ectronic Warfare a Search and rescue a Battle Damage Assessment BDA)
Decision Theory supervisory Control 16.422 TWo broad areas of decision theory Normative Prescriptive Descriptive Why how do we make decisions? How does technology support or detract from optimal decision making
Research methods Qualitative Vs quantitative Understanding the relationship between objectives(research question) and variables is critical Information≠Data Information=data analysis Planning in advance is a must To include how data will be analyzed