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Noise : a flaw in human judgment / Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein.
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- ISBN: 9780316451406
- Physical Description: ix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Little Brown Spark, [2021]
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Decision making. Reasoning (Psychology). Judgment. Cognitive styles. |
| Genre: | Self-help publications. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Etna Library | 153.8 KAH | 31257000289610 | Adult collection | Available | - |
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Noise : A Flaw in Human Judgment
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Table of Contents
Noise : A Flaw in Human Judgment
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction: Two Kinds of Error | p. 3 | |
| Part I | Finding Noise | p. 11 |
| 1 | Crime and Noisy Punishment | p. 13 |
| 2 | A Noisy System | p. 23 |
| 3 | Singular Decisions | p. 34 |
| Part II | Your Mind Is a Measuring Instrument | p. 39 |
| 4 | Matters of Judgment | p. 43 |
| 5 | Measuring Error | p. 55 |
| 6 | The Analysis of Noise | p. 69 |
| 7 | Occasion Noise | p. 79 |
| 8 | How Groups Amplify Noise | p. 94 |
| Part III | Noise in Predictive Judgments | p. 107 |
| 9 | Judgments and Models | p. 111 |
| 10 | Noiseless Rules | p. 123 |
| 11 | Objective Ignorance | p. 137 |
| 12 | The Valley of the Normal | p. 148 |
| Part IV | How Noise Happens | p. 159 |
| 13 | Heuristics, Biases, and Noise | p. 161 |
| 14 | The Matching Operation | p. 176 |
| 15 | Scales | p. 187 |
| 16 | Patterns | p. 200 |
| 17 | The Sources of Noise | p. 210 |
| Part V | Improving Judgments | p. 221 |
| 18 | Better Judges for Better Judgments | p. 225 |
| 19 | Debiasing and Decision Hygiene | p. 236 |
| 20 | Sequencing Information in Forensic Science | p. 245 |
| 21 | Selection and Aggregation in Forecasting | p. 259 |
| 22 | Guidelines in Medicine | p. 273 |
| 23 | Defining the Scale in Performance Ratings | p. 287 |
| 24 | Structure in Hiring | p. 300 |
| 25 | The Mediating Assessments Protocol | p. 312 |
| Part VI | Optimal Noise | p. 325 |
| 26 | The Costs of Noise Reduction | p. 329 |
| 27 | Dignity | p. 339 |
| 28 | Rules or Standards? | p. 350 |
| Review and Conclusion: Taking Noise Seriously | p. 361 | |
| Epilogue: A Less Noisy World | p. 377 | |
| Appendix A | How to Conduct a Noise Audit | p. 379 |
| Appendix B | A Checklist for a Decision Observer | p. 387 |
| Appendix C | Correcting Predictions | p. 391 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 397 | |
| Notes | p. 399 | |
| Index | p. 439 |
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