Key concepts for making informed choices

Making Informed Choices about Microarray Data Analysis

This article describes the typical stages in the analysis of microarray data for nonspecialist researchers in systems biology and medicine. Particular attention is paid to significant data analysis issues that are commonly encountered among practitioners, some of which need wider airing. The issues addressed include experimental design, quality assessment, normalization, and summarization of mu...

Key information providers, channels, and characteristics of Japanese consumers’ informed choices of over-the-counter medications

People need reliable information regarding over-the-counter medications (OTCs), so that they can independently make appropriate informed choices. The study aimed to identify the information providers and channels that have an impact on the purchase of OTCs, and to demonstrate the information needs of OTC purchasers, using these providers and channels, from the viewpoint of information character...

Making informed choices in social care: the importance of accessible information.

The current policy trend is to encourage greater choice in the use of welfare services. To make informed choices, people need information. The process of finding and using information has costs for individuals in terms of effort, time and material resources. These costs are different for different people and impact on their use of information in different ways. Thus, the accessibility of inform...

Playful Mobility Choices: Motivating informed mobility decision making by applying game mechanics

Motivating people to change their mobility behaviour patterns towards more sustainable forms of mobility is one of the major challenges regarding climate change and quality of life. Recently, an increasing amount of attempts to use gamification for triggering such behavioural changes can be observed. However, little is known about the actual impact of using game elements. This contribution desc...

Can Parents Make Well - Informed School Choices ?