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Case: In Assignment 1, you will be crafting an argument to defend your project choice as one that would be a suitable choice for addressing issues of relevance to EEBDM. One way to think about the project (for framing purposes) is as follows: Imagine you are pitching your project to your program director, boss, or someone else. That person tells you the project sounds interesting but is not sure it would really require the use of EEBDM. You are going to craft an argument that explains why it does. Another way to think about this is as a project where you will need to use evidence to make a specific decision (or recommendation to a decision-maker, if you yourself would not be the decision-maker). This is an opportunity to explain to someone (e.g., your boss, your co-worker) why your project would require the use of EEBDM.

Step 1: Identify a project you will complete in the future that will require you to make a whether, which, or when decision once that future project has been completed.

Step 2: Construct a brief introduction to the topic/project (scene-setting around the issue that needs to be addressed and why, what your interest in it, etc.), so your instructor has a frame of reference for evaluating your argument. Note: This is required to ensure the instructor can provide you with relevant feedback.

Step 3. Construct your decision statement using the following format: My project will allow me to decide [whether/which/when] to...

Step 4. Identify reasons why the decision you identified in Step 3 would benefit from applying EEBDM (e.g., because... and because...).

Step 5. Begin constructing your argument map following the instructions provided in Mini-Lecture 1.4Links to an external site.. The argument map must be constructed using MindMup's Argument Visualisation function.

Step 5a. Begin by constructing the claim (1.1), which should be as follows: Deciding [whether/which/when] to...will benefit from applying EEBDM.
Step 5b. Construct the first level (2.x) supportive premises (green brackets) that explain why your decision will benefit from applying EEBDM. Remember to ensure each box contains a single, complete declarative sentence that is written as simply as possible. These premises should explain why attention to ethics and evidence will benefit the decision.
Step 5c. Construct any further sub-premises (3.x, 4.x, etc.) required to deepen your argument. Again, remember to ensure each box contains a single, complete declarative sentence that is written as simply as possible. These sub-premises should provide any necessary reasons why you chose what you did for the 2.x level (see example below).
Step 6. Select 3 topics from Week 2 (heuristics, biases, emotions, competence, motivated reasoning) that are relevant to your ability to make the decision specified in Step 3.

Step 7. Explain why each of the three you selected in Step 6 are relevant to your decision (i.e., because... and because... and because...).

Step 8. Determine how to work each of the three into your argument and argument map. There are three possibilities:

As a part of supportive reasons for your argument (see 4.2 in the example map for where heuristic is used)
As an element of a rebuttal to your argument (see 4.4 and 4.5 in example map for where bias is used), but don't forget to rebut the rebuttal (as also shown in the example map in 5.2)
As a sticky note for application purposes because it isn't part of the formal argument but informs it (see the sticky note attached to 4.1 in the example map)
Step 9. Add sticky notes to relevant parts of your argument map to identify where course content informs your argument (see multiple examples in assignment example). Your argument map is required to include a minimum of 5 citations of course content.

Step 10. Finalize your map and download it as both a pdf and as an image (png or jpeg only) file (you must do each separately)