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Assessing a Multi-attribute Model for Ranking Risks
1999 Student Paper Award Winner
Problem Statement
Risk Judgments by the Public
Study Objectives
Outline of Talk
Centerville Middle School
Health and Safety Risks to children at Centerville
Middle School
Risk Summary Sheet
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Design
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Multi-attribute Approach
Two Attribute Weighting Procedures
Four Procedures for Generating Single-Attribute
Value Functions
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Criteria for Choosing a Multi-attribute Elicitation
Procedure
Convergent Validity Average Correlation with Initial
Holistic Ranking
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Effect on Holistic Ranking
Change in Agreement between Multi-attribute and
Holistic Rankings
Effect of Multi-attribute Ranking on Holistic Ranking
Regression Weights
Conclusions
Advantages of this Approach to Risk Ranking
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