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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown Spark,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
