Collocations withdecision
These are words often used in combination withdecision.
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active investment decision
Hence, there is a clear positive relation between income and an active investment decision.
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administrative decision
If a government body takes an administrative decision then this in many cases should not be based on an inductive argument but on regulations.
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admission decision
Thus, the conditional (on the admission decision) effect is estimated.
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autonomous decision
The informative view assumes consumer freedom of choice; firms respond to consumer demand by providing information useful to the consumer's autonomous decision-making process.
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binding decision
In order to render a legitimately binding decision, a judge must respond to these arguments of the litigants.
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bold decision
Much trouble could have been averted had a bold decision been taken earlier.
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budgeting decision
There is no reason for the capping principles used in 1998–99 to be part of a council's budgeting decisions.
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calculated decision
Her calculated decision to call attention to women's defiance makes her essay topical, and it also insists that men have every right to demand women's submission.
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clinical decision
A clinical decision was made to rest the patient for one week and then re-assess physical and mental condition prior to the next scheduled fraction.
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collective decision
In addition, collective decision-making involves a significant loss of control for individual state executives.
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conscious decision
It requires instead a change in shopping habits-a conscious decision by consumers to spend more time and probably more money on food.
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consequential decision
Often a consequential decision is reached very quickly, but much further time in the decision process is spent trying to justify and support the choice.
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considered decision
This has been a considered decision as there is so much uncertainty about future treatment developments and given a solitary metastasis this may not happen.
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controversial decision
If he does take a controversial decision he risks losing some support but those who endorse him will be firmer in doing so.
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courageous decision
Notably, the introduction of each of these elements entailed the courageous decision of organizers, who were acutely aware of the risks they could incur as a result of their actions.
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court decision
A court decision, remember, is politically illegitimate to the extent it fails to respond to the litigants' participation.
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critical decision
As a result of equilibrium play, the rivals can avoid fighting altogether by backing down or submitting to the other's demands at critical decision points.
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crucial decision
Most authors recomend an extended period of conservative treatment, but the crucial decision is: how long to continue with the conservative management?
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day-to-day decision
Reorganisation will provide for the delegation of day-to-day decision-making to the local level whilst ensuring that essential central strategic controls are maintained.
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deliberate decision
However, the emergence of an ethnolect does not always occur as the result of a deliberate decision.
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difficult decision
For example, striving to attain production targets may make the choice to implement new safety measures that will slow production down a difficult decision.
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disastrous decision
But why is it that it is such a wrong and disastrous decision?
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discretionary decision
For all witnesses, deciding just what and what not to say to examining magistrates was another part of a discretionary decision-making process.
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editorial decision
The time from submission of papers to editorial decision was very short-2-3 weeks.
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end-of-life decisions
Eighty-nine percent of respondents said that they never sought ethical consultation on end-of-life decisions.
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ethical decision
In other words, an ethical decision about starting a family rests largely on the husband's ability to feed his family.
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fateful decision
One fateful decision was made in the light of this perspective, and also in fulfillment of a project of sovereignty assertion by military expansion.
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final decision
The final decision is then made at a general meeting of the community members.
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hasty decision
It did not, however, serve as a pretext for hasty decision-making - far from it!
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healthcare decision
That is, the balance between the expected net benefit and the degree of uncertainty is acceptable to the healthcare decision maker.
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hiring decision
But from the perspective of 1999 hiring decisions, wi ^ ^ is clearly observed prior to the time a hiring decision is made, and is thus an exogenous variable.
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informed decision
And they could have made an informed decision about whether to have another child.
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intelligent decision
Second, it has become accepted that while reasoning is an important resource for intelligent decision-making, it is not the only such resource.
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judicial decision
A judicial decision functions as a precedent by being an example.
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jury decision
Hence, jury decision rules can be well-described as semi-conjunctive, and only unanimity rule will facilitate social consistency.
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key decision
The generalizability of results at key decision points may be debatable.
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land-use decision
This study reviews these methods briefly and suggests their potential application in the agricultural land-use decision process in a developing country.
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landmark decision
The code of practice is another landmark decision.
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lexical decision
As a word recognition test, a lexical decision task was used in the study.
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management decision
No studies incorporated independent review of adequacy of pretest workup, diagnosis, or contribution of the test to the management decision.
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managerial decision
However, behaviourists who observed managers in practice produced a different view of managerial decision-making.
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momentous decision
It is almost impossible to expect those people to take such a momentous decision within such a short space of time.
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moral decision
It begins with a discussion of moral decision-making.
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operational decision
Intuitively, the definition implies that functions are pure mappings from arguments to results; the operational decision of how to pass the arguments is irrelevant.
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optimal decision
Their ignorance of the real world is thus summarized in this stochastic specification, and the resulting optimal decision rule is only rational given this specification.
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painful decision
They have taken the painful decision to withhold food aid where there is blatant politicisation.
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personnel decisions
Cabinet appointments are the most important personnel decisions in parliamentary systems, and traditionally such appointments have been virtually monopolized by the governing political parties.
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placement decision
Relatives' experiences of the placement decisions are influenced by many factors, not least the actions and responses of health and social care practitioners.
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policy decision
Far-reaching consequences have been ascribed to a policy decision that remains undocumented except for hearsay evidence in the popular conversation that surrounded the trials.
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pragmatic decision
Eloping was not a rejection of marriage or of bridewealth, but a pragmatic decision foisted upon young people because of poverty.
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pricing decision
If it did, however, the additional cost would depend on the rate of tax imposed, and the state of market conditions at the time might affect the new pricing decision.
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prior decision
Convergence was not dependent upon the idea of membership - it was a prior decision.
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prudent decision
That may have been a wise and prudent decision in view of some of the things that have happened since.
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purchase decision
Thus, awareness and knowledge about organic products are critical in the consumer purchase decision.
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purchasing decision
Statements of nutritional value provide consumers with information that allows them to make an informed purchasing decision.
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questionable decision
It seems an arbitrary and questionable decision to provide a distinction in this case.
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rash decision
I believe that we should make a considered decision that is right, rather than a rash decision that is wrong.
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rational decision
We are aware that this process may be time-consuming, but it will result in a more evidencebased and rational decision process.
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reasoned decision
Smokers were characterised as addicts who were either incapable of reasoned decision-making, or else suffering from an illness and in need of care.
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recent decision
Such considerations have contributed to our own recent decision to withdraw from active research.
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regrettable decision
We think it is a monstrous and a highly regrettable decision.
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regulatory decision
The use of cost-benefit analysis in regulatory decision-making is proving harmful to public health.
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reproductive decision
But then genetic counseling only represents one limited sphere for reproductive decisions today.
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right decision
Making the right decision in choosing an industrial laser.
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risky decision
It was certainly a risky decision to see them.
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sensible decision
This, and other discussions about furniture and luminaires led to the sensible decision to build a mock-up of a typical office, which is currently under way.
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sentencing decision
Courts will continue to have the option of calling for a pre-sentence report to inform their sentencing decision.
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shared decision
Shared decision-making responsibility was associated with higher levels of well-being among women, particularly for those with children.
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sound decision
The evaluation criteria should be applied within sound decision-making processes.
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split-second decision
They inspect their every action, rethinking over a long period every split-second decision if it goes wrong.
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strategic decision
Some interests, depending on the degree of capture, can become more or less invisible to the strategic decision-making of both political parties.
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subjective decision
This generalizes judgment aggregation to subjective decision situations, implying that the discursive dilemma persists without individual agreement on the logical constraints.
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surrogate decision
Functioning as a surrogate decision maker typically places great moral, emotional, and cognitive demands on the family surrogate.
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tactical decision
What are the relationships between context, tactical decision and strategical decision?
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tough decision
We had to take a tough decision, and we have taken it.
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ultimate decision
Generally speaking, the biggest measure in the fuzzy set is the ultimate decision.
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unanimous decision
One seems powerless in a dialogue of this kind, where the other party actually has to reach a unanimous decision.
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unilateral decision
Achieving consensus among family members rather than having a unilateral decision maker was important to family satisfaction with the decision-making process.
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unpopular decision
I had to take a very unpopular decision.
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unwise decision
Deportations resulting from an unfair or unwise decision of an immigration officer can cause considerable ill will and hardship.
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well-informed decision
The procedure and in particular the rapid assessment should enable timely and well-informed decisions avoiding budgetary failures and misuse of public resources.
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wise decision
This seems to me to be a very wise decision.
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