Quote by Victor Cheng

“The final test of a valid issue tree is to ensure that using it will produce relatively conclusive results. What I mean by this…

— Victor Cheng

“If you’re doing the analysis correctly, you are constantly drilling down one branch, discovering it’s not valid, revising your hypothesis (and often the branches…

— Victor Cheng

“This process-of-elimination approach ends once you’ve proven every branch of your issue tree (which may have been revised several times) and can logically conclude…

— Victor Cheng

“Tip #1: Start with the Branch That Eliminates the Most Uncertainty First Identify all the branches you intend to analyze, and then arrange them…

— Victor Cheng

“Once you have enough insight to state a refined hypothesis, you’ll want to do one of two things: (1) Work through the rest of…

— Victor Cheng

“The only reason you use a framework or issue tree is to test a hypothesis!”

— Victor Cheng

“Once this happens, no matter where I am in the framework, I immediately synthesize, revise my hypothesis, and determine what is the least amount…

— Victor Cheng

“I can’t emphasize enough how critical it is for you to realize that a framework is really just an issue tree, and an issue…

— Victor Cheng

“You will do one of two things as soon as you’ve exhausted what you can determine mathematically in the case: (1) Refine your hypothesis…

— Victor Cheng

Hypothesis is a toll which can cause trouble if not used properly. We must be ready to abandon our hypothesis as soon as it…

— William Ian Beardmore Beveridge

The only way to test a hypothesis is to look for all the information that disagrees with it.

— Karl Popper

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.

— Alexander Kotov