Statistical illiteracy can have an enormously negative impact on decision making. This volume of collected papers brings together applied and theoretical research on risks and decision making across the fields of medicine, psychology, and economics. Collectively, the essays demonstrate why the frame in which statistics are communicated is essential for broader understanding and sound decision making, and that understanding risks and uncertainty has wide-reaching implications for daily life. Gerd Gigerenzer provides a lucid review and catalog of concrete instances of heuristics, or rules of...
Statistical illiteracy can have an enormously negative impact on decision making. This volume of collected papers brings together applied and theoreti...
Originally published in 1987, this title is about theory construction in psychology. Where theories come from, as opposed to how they become established, was almost a no-man's land in the history and philosophy of science at the time. The authors argue that in the science of mind, theories are particularly likely to come from tools, and they are especially concerned with the emergence of the metaphor of the mind as an intuitive statistician.
In the first chapter, the authors discuss the rise of the inference revolution, which institutionalized those statistical tools that later...
Originally published in 1987, this title is about theory construction in psychology. Where theories come from, as opposed to how they become establ...
Originally published in 1987, this title is about theory construction in psychology. Where theories come from, as opposed to how they become established, was almost a no-man s land in the history and philosophy of science at the time. The authors argue that in the science of mind, theories are particularly likely to come from tools, and they are especially concerned with the emergence of the metaphor of the mind as an intuitive statistician.
In the first chapter, the authors discuss the rise of the inference revolution, which institutionalized those statistical tools that later...
Originally published in 1987, this title is about theory construction in psychology. Where theories come from, as opposed to how they become establ...
