College Credit:  2 semester hours

Who Should Attend:  Biologists, managers, and decision makers with the responsibility to prepare, evaluate, or make decisions using scientifically-based natural resources information.   Workshop content is geared toward assisting biologists and managers working on complex problems involving uncertainty and challenging decisions. 

Length:  5 days/36 hours

Objectives:  By the end of this session, the participant will be able to:

• Understand the concepts and demonstrate the application of decision analysis and critical thinking techniques by providing participants with knowledge to decompose problems, analyze information, express uncertainty and use methods for addressing uncertainty in decisions, reach defensible conclusions, and prepare documents that describe process and reasoning that supports decisions. 
• Understand various decision tools to fit different decision problems, such as decision trees, multiple objective ranking techniques, and using expert panels.