Perhaps a genetic test could add to the certainty of the decision, he said.
By making sure that Williams will remain in an 8-by-10 prison cell for the rest of his life with absolutely no hope for parole, we hope that the certainty of our decision will give Mrs. Bunch the closure she so deserves".
Diagnostic procedures will be listed and described with their frequencies, and also outcomes of PIVM assessment, changes to the original examination objectives, diagnostic conclusions, and examiners' level of certainty of their decision about the treatment indication will be summarised.
In addition, other clinical factors will be explored involving PIVM assessment (indicated or not, and judgements on mobility, resistance, and pain provocation), the diagnostic conclusion (specific or non-specific neck or low-back pain), therapists' level of certainty of their decision about the treatment indication, and the concordance between examination objectives and the use of PIVM assessment.
Gone are the old certainties of how decisions were made "by having lunch with an MP, or taking a journalist out," laments one.
TQM is useful when certainty of outcomes from decisions is high, processes are mostly linear, and the expected variability in decision-making is low.
We yearn for it, in fact, and we'll do any manner of mental gymnastics to achieve some level of certainty in our decisions, even if our justifications are illogical.
Big Data is clearly big business, adding a new level of certainty to business decisions, and promoting new discoveries about nature and society.
One participant sought less ambiguity stating that he desired learning information with a " higher level of certainty to make decisions.. ..... (Focus grp 5, participant 4) These focus group participants reported an array of perceptions of uncertainty, characterizing it as developing (fluid), unstable (changing), new (ground breaking) and natural (normal).
Yet lack of regret, refusal to reconsider, doesn't alter the train of cause and effect; certainty that decisions were right, no matter how powerful -- and the imperturbable perfection of Cheney's certainty is nothing short of dazzling -- cannot obscure evidence that they were wrong.
In case of certainty, decisions can be made based on the net present value (NPV) of future cash flows.
