Noise : a flaw in human judgment / Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein.
Discusses why people make bad judgements 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316451406
- ISBN: 0316451401
- Physical Description: ix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-438) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. Finding noise: Crime and noisy punishment ; A noisy system ; Singular decision -- II. Your mind is a measuring instrument: Matters of judgment ; Measuring error ; The analysis of noise ; Occasion noise ; How groups amplify noise -- III. Noise in predictive judgment: Judgments and models ; Noiseless rules ; Objective ignorance ; The valley of the normal -- IV. How noise happens: Heuristics, biases, and noise ; The matching operation ; Scale ; Patterns ; The sources of noise -- V. Improving judgments: Better judges for better judgments ; Debiasing and decision hygiene ; Sequencing information in forensic science ; Selection and aggregation in forecasting ; Guidelines in medicine ; Defining the scale in performance ratings ; Structure in hiring ; The mediating assessments protocol -- VI. Optimal noise: The costs of noise reduction ; Dignity ; Rules or standards? |
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| Subject: | Decision making. Reasoning (Psychology) Judgment. Cognitive styles. |
| Genre: | Self-help publications. |
Available copies
- 37 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 42 total copies.
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| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 153.8 K (Text) | 39493110022995 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | 153.83 Kahneman (Text) | 34269001323691 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | 153.83 KAH (Text) | 80605003593265 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | 153.83 KAH (Text) | 0020512890516 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/03/2024 |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | 153.83 KAH (Text) | 37807000028898 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | 153.83 KAH (Text) | 23900000028727 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | 153.83 K (Text) | 33258009455291 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 153.83 K (Text) | 0112522943570 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | 153.83 K (Text) | 0112522994676 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/19/2024 |
| Franklinton Branch | 153.83/Kahnerman (Text) | 72350000105374 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
