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Author Kahneman, Daniel, 1934- author.

Title Noise : a flaw in human judgment / Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
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Edition First edition.
Description ix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-438) and index.
Subject Decision making.
Reasoning (Psychology)
Judgment.
Cognitive styles.
Cognitive styles. (OCoLC)fst00866554
Decision making. (OCoLC)fst00889035
Judgment. (OCoLC)fst00984572
Reasoning (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst01091298
PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition.
PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.
Genre/Form Self-help publications. (OCoLC)fst01941328
Self-help publications.
Added Author Sibony, Olivier, author.
Sunstein, Cass R., author.
ISBN 9780316451406 (hardcover)
0316451401 (hardcover)
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