Ethnographic Decision Modeling
Ethnographic decision tree modeling is a method for building a formal, qualitative model of how people actually make a specific recurring decision — such as whether to plant a crop, seek treatment, or adopt a practice. Developed by Christina Gladwin and set out in her 1989 Sage monograph, it elicits the criteria and rules people use through ethnographic interviews, represents them as an if-then decision tree, and then tests the tree's ability to predict the choices of a fresh sample of decision-makers.
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- Gladwin, C. H. (1989). Ethnographic Decision Tree Modeling. Qualitative Research Methods Series 19. Newbury Park, CA: Sage. · ISBN 9780803934870
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