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Mindware tools for smart thinking

A psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation.

Main Author: Nisbett, Richard E.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Hays, Sara Light tribute.
Reasoning.
Thought and thinking.
Summary: A psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation.
Physical Description: viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-305) and index.
ISBN: 9780374112677 (hardcover)
0374112673 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Richard E. Nisbett is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and one of the world's most respected psychologists. He has received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions from the American Psychological Association and many other national and international awards. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His books The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently . . . and Why and Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count have won multiple awards and have been translated into many languages.

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