Unleashing the BEAST: a brief measure of human social information use
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.06.005
Abstract: Abstract Social information enables individuals to reduce uncertainty and increase decision accuracy across a broad range of domains. Intriguingly, individuals and populations consistently differ in social information use. Understanding the underlying causes of this variation… read more here.
Keywords: information use; social information; human social; information ... See more keywords
Promoting Performance Information Use Through Data Visualization: Evidence from an Experiment
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DOI: 10.1080/15309576.2019.1592763
Abstract: Abstract “We have all this data, why don’t we use it?” This question seems to be a constant in performance literature. Although the uptake in performance management throughout the public sector has been pronounced in… read more here.
Keywords: information; performance information; evidence; performance ... See more keywords
Interspecific social information use in habitat selection decisions among migrant songbirds
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx029
Abstract: Lay Summary A late arriving migrant bird species (wood warbler) are attracted to simulated presence of an earlier arriving species (chiffchaff). This habitat selection strategy was previously only described for migrants attracting to resident species,… read more here.
Keywords: habitat selection; selection; social information; interspecific social ... See more keywords
Conceptual preferences can be transmitted via selective social information use between competing wild bird species
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220292
Abstract: Concept learning is considered a high-level adaptive ability. Thus far, it has been studied in laboratory via asocial trial and error learning. Yet, social information use is common among animals but it remains unknown whether… read more here.
Keywords: symbol; conceptual preferences; information use; social information ... See more keywords
A conceptual framework to predict social information use based on food ephemerality and individual resource requirements
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DOI: 10.1111/brv.12881
Abstract: Environmental variability poses a range of challenges to foraging animals trying to meet their energetic needs. Where food patches are unpredictable but shareable, animals can use social information to locate patches more efficiently or reliably.… read more here.
Keywords: information; food; information use; social information ... See more keywords
What information can we use to help determine futility in paediatric patients presenting in traumatic cardiac arrest?
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DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-324138
Abstract: There is something beguiling about a result where p read more here.
Keywords: paediatric patients; help determine; information use; determine futility ... See more keywords
Inside the library: Academic librarians’ knowing in practice
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DOI: 10.1177/0961000618769970
Abstract: There is a dearth of studies on librarians’ information practices, in particular their information use. At the same time the professional field of librarianship is infused with an imperative dictating that the work of librarians… read more here.
Keywords: information; inside library; library academic; practice ... See more keywords
Level and contributing factors of health data quality and information use in two districts in Northwest Ethiopia: social-ecological perspective
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DOI: 10.1186/s12911-021-01741-1
Abstract: Background The health management information system has been implemented at all levels of healthcare delivery to ensure quality data production and information use in Ethiopia. Including the capacity-building activities and provision of infrastructure, various efforts… read more here.
Keywords: health data; health; quality; information use ... See more keywords
The Characteristics, Valuation Methods, and Information Use of Valuation Specialists
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DOI: 10.2308/horizons-19-057
Abstract: We provide insights into the inputs and valuation models used by valuation specialists. We survey 172 valuation specialists and conduct several follow-up interviews covering various topics, includi... read more here.
Keywords: valuation specialists; valuation methods; characteristics valuation; methods information ... See more keywords