For example, suppose a descriptive model is utilized to evaluate the probability of an individual committing another offense. In that case, the study indicates that it might impose more stringent ...

Paul Thagard, From the Descriptive to the Normative in Psychology and Logic, Philosophy of Science, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Mar., 1982), pp. 24-42 ...

Policy Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1970), pp. 123-134 (12 pages) This paper begins with a simple normative model of the policy process in terms of the information and authority relationships and ...