Noise a flaw in human judgment

Discusses why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection

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Main Authors: Kahneman, Daniel, 1934- (Author), Sibony, Olivier (Author), Sunstein, Cass R. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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505 0 |a Introduction: Two kinds of error -- Finding a noise -- Your mind is a measuring instrument -- Noise in predictive judgments -- How noise happens -- Improving judgments -- Optimal noise -- Review and conclusion: Taking noise seriously -- Epilogue: A less noisy world -- Appendix A: How to conduct a noise audit -- Appendix B: A checklist for a decision observer -- Appendix C: Correcting predictions. 
520 |a Discusses why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-438) and index. 
650 0 |a Decision making. 
650 0 |a Reasoning (Psychology) 
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