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Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
Daniel (Ed Kahnemen
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paperback. The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce. Editor(s): Kahneman, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Tversky, Amos. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 774. Heuristics and Biases. 544 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. Editor(s): Kahneman, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Tversky, Amos. The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JMR. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 27. Weight: 768.
The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce, not only in laboratory experiments but in important social, medical, and political situations as well. Individual chapters discuss the representativeness and availability heuristics, problems in judging covariation and control, overconfidence, multistage inference, social perception, medical diagnosis, risk perception, and methods for correcting and improving judgments under uncertainty. About half of the chapters are edited versions of classic articles; the remaining chapters are newly written for this book. Most review multiple studies or entire subareas of research and application rather than describing single experimental studies. This ... Read more
The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce, not only in laboratory experiments but in important social, medical, and political situations as well. Individual chapters discuss the representativeness and availability heuristics, problems in judging covariation and control, overconfidence, multistage inference, social perception, medical diagnosis, risk perception, and methods for correcting and improving judgments under uncertainty. About half of the chapters are edited versions of classic articles; the remaining chapters are newly written for this book. Most review multiple studies or entire subareas of research and application rather than describing single experimental studies. This ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521284141
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V9780521284141
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Reviews for Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
"The papers chosen for this volume are an excellent collection, generally well-written and fascinating." Journal of Economic Literature "The examples are lively, the style is engaging, and it is as entertaining as it is enlightening." Times Literary Supplement "...an important and well-written book." Journal of the American Statistical Association "...a good collection of papers ... Read more