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May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About it.

EDMANS Alex

PENGUIN BOOKS

2024

327

223.07-EDMAN

INFORMATION DISTORTION ; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS


Number of copies : 1
No. Call n° Bar code Commentary
1 [available]

ISBN 13 : 9780241630167

Contents :
Introduction

Part 1: the Biases
1. Confirmation Bias
2. Black-and-White Thinking

Part 2: the problems
3. A Statement is Not Fact
4. A Fact is Not Data
5. Data is Not Evidence: Data Mining
6. Data is Not Evidence: Causation
7. When Data is Evidence
8. Evidence is Not Proof

Part 3: the solutions
9. Thinking Smarter as Individuals
10. Creating Organizations that Think Smarter
11. Creating Societies that Think Smarter

Appendix: A Checklist for Smarter Thinking
Notes
Index

Language : English

Location : Nice Library

Material : Paper

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque