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Lesson 3: Selecting Assessment Endpoints

Once you, the risk assessor, have gathered and integrated relevant information, the next step could be either to select assessment endpoints or to develop a conceptual model — or these steps can be done concurrently.

First, let's consider the "selecting assessment endpoints" step, during which the risk assessor works to select and describe assessment endpoints with appropriate characteristics, using specific entities and attributes in the system of concern, and based on certain criteria such as relevance to the goals of the assessment or susceptibility.

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Problem Formation Phase: Select Assessment Endpoints, Develop Conceptual Model, Develop Analysis Plan


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