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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815111503321

Autore

Fischhoff Baruch <1946->

Titolo

Judgment and decision making / / Baruch Fischhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Earthscan, 2012

ISBN

1-136-49733-1

1-84971-444-4

1-136-49734-X

0-203-14193-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Earthscan risk in society series

Disciplina

153.46

Soggetti

Judgment

Decision making

Risk-taking (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

8. Fault Trees: Sensitivity of estimated failure probabilities to problem representation9. Assessing uncertainty in physical constants; 10. Fifty-fifty = 50%?; Part IV : Evaluation; 11. Predicting Frames; 12. Value Elicitation: is there anything in there?; 13. Informed Consent for Eliciting Environmental Values; Part V : Deciding; 14. Giving Advice: Decision theory perspectives on sexual assault; 15. The Real World: What good is it?; 16. Assessing adolescent decision-making competence; 17. Questions of Competence: The duty to inform and the limits to choice; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Behavioral decision research offers a distinctive approach to understanding and improving decision making. It combines theory and method from multiple disciples (psychology, economics, statistics, decision theory, management science). It employs both empirical methods, to study how decisions are actually made, and analytical ones, to study how decisions should be made and how consequential imperfections are. This book brings together key publications, selected to represent the major topics and approaches used in the field. Put in one place, with integrating commentary, it shows the common e