Action choices need to be defined so that they represent distinct and meaningful alternatives that behavioral theory suggests may have varying, measurable impacts on outcomes across patients and over time.
The chief objection raised was to what some saw as its highly non-constructive, even idealist, character: while the axiom asserts the possibility of making a number of perhaps even an uncountable number of arbitrary "choices", it gives no indication whatsoever of how these latter are actually to be effected, of how, otherwise put, choice functions are to be defined.
Second, the status quo for physician choice and incentives had to be defined differently.
The optimal timing of trastuzumab emtansine treatment and therapy of choice after subsequent progression, however, remains to be defined.
To achieve this end, protocols were developed, since several parameters have to be defined, from the choice of the metal to the placement and preservation of the prosthesis.
Our "alls" need to be defined by our choices.
Section Four, called "Cultural and Contextual Constraints on Choice", consists of six chapters attempting to address the question of how choice can be defined or explained in relation to the contexts of situation and culture.
For them choice will be defined by issues such as the reputation of the school (hopefully not based solely on US News and World Report!), the success of the graduates of the program (be sure to ask!), and geography.
The model assumes that an individual's utility function, or choice, can be defined by the level's part-worths, or coefficient estimates [4, 8].
It is clear that there are other choices that can be defined to generate different T-X families.
