Relationships between demographics, training, etc. in a DSS environment

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Information & Management

Volume 12, Issue 5, May 1987, Pages 257-261

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Abstract

New research findings are reported on the effect of demographics on certain attributes of managers' decision processes in relation to training received on a DSS generator. A field case study was used to determine if the decision process attributes of time and alternatives generated were influenced by the demographic factors of age, sex, education, and previous programming experience. These factors were evaluated with training. Results indicated that demographics had little effect on decision process attributes in relation to training. Any differences that did exist were eliminated by training.

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^∗: Dr. Cary T. Hughes is an assistant professor of BCIS at North Texas State University. His teaching and research interests include training and decision support systems. He has done consulting in the area of system analysis and design and given numerous seminars on computer-related subjects.

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Case studiesRelationships between demographics, training, etc. in a DSS environment

Abstract

Testing the Significance of Canonical Correlations

Proceedings American Marketing Association

The History, Evolution, and Future of Financial Planning Languages

ICP Interface Administrative & Accounting

An Empirical Study of Computer-Based Financial Modeling Systems: Implications for Decision Support Systems

The DSS Transactions 1981

Management Information Systems: Design Questions From a User's Perspective

Proceedings of the Midwest Conference of AIDS

Research in Management Information Systems: The Minnesota Experiments

Management Science

Case studies
Relationships between demographics, training, etc. in a DSS environment