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* '''Scenarios''' define particular conditions that are of interest irrespective whether they describe reality or not (e.g. what-if scenarios). | * '''Scenarios''' define particular conditions that are of interest irrespective whether they describe reality or not (e.g. what-if scenarios). | ||
* '''Intended users''' are those for whom the assessment is made for. | * '''Intended users''' are those for whom the assessment is made for. | ||
| − | * '''Participants'' are those who may participate in the making of the assessment. The minimum group of people for a successful assessment is always described. If some groups must be excluded, this must be explicitly motivated. | + | * '''Participants''' are those who may participate in the making of the assessment. The minimum group of people for a successful assessment is always described. If some groups must be excluded, this must be explicitly motivated. |
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- Assessment is a process for describing a particular piece of reality in aim to fulfill a certain information need in a decision-making situation. The word assessment can also mean the end product of this process, i.e. some kind of assessment report. Often it is clear from the context whether assessment means the doing of the report or the report itself. Methodologically, these are two different objects, called the assessment process and the assessment product, respectively.
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- The research question about an assessment structure
- What is a structure for an assessment product so that it:
- contains a description of a certain piece of reality R↻ ,
- the description is produced according to the use purposes of the product,
- describes all the relevant phenomena that connect the decision under consideration and outcomes of special interest (called indicators),
- combines value judgements with the descriptions of physical phenomena
- can be applied in any domain,
- inherits the main structure from universal objects,
- complies with the PSSP ontology,
These requirements of the structure lead to the following solutions:
- An assessment product is built in a modular fashion using individual pieces of descriptions of reality, called variables. The variables are collected with reference to the use purpose that the assessment is intended for.
- The connections between variables in general, and between the decision and outcomes in specific, are described using causal relations. This leads to the causal network as the basic overall structure of the description of reality.R↻
- All variables in the causal network of a particular assessment must be causally related to the indicators of the assessment.
- The causal network of variables is complemented with information about the scope of the assessment and assessment-specific analyses and conclusions.
| Attribute | Subattributes | Comments |
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| Name | Identifier for the assessment | |
| Scope |
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| Definition | Causal diagram
Other parts |
Note: Causal diagram and Other parts are not attributes but just descriptive subtitles. |
| Result |
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