More damned lies and statistics [[electronic resource] ] : how numbers confuse public issues / / Joel Best |
Autore | Best Joel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.3/8 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology - Statistical methods
Social problems - Statistical methods Social indicators |
Soggetto non controllato |
argumentation
bullying college ratings crime critical thinking data duels data democracy divorce economics evidence fear health care history hospital errors informed opinion innumeracy journalism justice system legal system math mathematics media news nonfiction political economy political science politics popular culture psychology racial profiling reasoning research stats research rhetoric school shooting sciences social issues stat wars statistical measures statistics stats teen suicide |
ISBN |
0-520-93002-9
1-282-35713-1 9786612357138 1-4175-4075-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Missing numbers -- Confusing numbers -- Scary numbers -- Authoritative numbers -- Contentious numbers -- Toward statistical literacy? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782957103321 |
Best Joel
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More than you wanted to know : the failure of mandated disclosure / / Omri Ben-Shahar, Carl E. Schneider |
Autore | Ben-Shahar Omri |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 346.7302/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Disclosure of information - Law and legislation - United States
Consumer protection - Law and legislation - United States Decision making - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Miranda
accumulation problem agents aggregators autonomy behavioral economics complexity conflict of interest consultants consumer law consumers contracts decision aversion decisions defaults disclosers disclosurism disclosurite psychology disclosurites discretion doctors empirical studies false assumptions financial disclosure financial literacy fine print free market health literacy iTunes illiteracy inequality information disclosure information informed consent informed decisions innumeracy insurance intermediaries laboratory experiments lawmakers lawmaking lenders mandated disclosure markets medical treatment mortgages numeracy opt out overload problem overload police politics privacy prostate cancer quantity question rationality readers reading levels reasoning regulation regulators regulatory method rules sector literacy simplification social practice social psychology |
ISBN | 1-4008-5038-X |
Classificazione | PU 5330 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. The Ubiquity of Mandated Disclosure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Complex Decisions, Complex Disclosures -- 3. The Failure of Mandated Disclosure -- Part II. Why Disclosures Fail -- 4. "Whatever": The Psychology of Mandated Disclosure -- 5. Reading Disclosures -- 6. The Quantity Question -- 7. From Disclosure to Decision -- Part III. Can Mandated Disclosure Be Saved? -- 8. Make It Simple? -- 9. The Politics of Disclosure -- 10. Producing Disclosures -- 11. At Worst, Harmless? -- 12. Conclusion: Beyond Disclosurism -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787713703321 |
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Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
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More than you wanted to know : the failure of mandated disclosure / / Omri Ben-Shahar, Carl E. Schneider |
Autore | Ben-Shahar Omri |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina | 346.7302/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Disclosure of information - Law and legislation - United States
Consumer protection - Law and legislation - United States Decision making - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Miranda
accumulation problem agents aggregators autonomy behavioral economics complexity conflict of interest consultants consumer law consumers contracts decision aversion decisions defaults disclosers disclosurism disclosurite psychology disclosurites discretion doctors empirical studies false assumptions financial disclosure financial literacy fine print free market health literacy iTunes illiteracy inequality information disclosure information informed consent informed decisions innumeracy insurance intermediaries laboratory experiments lawmakers lawmaking lenders mandated disclosure markets medical treatment mortgages numeracy opt out overload problem overload police politics privacy prostate cancer quantity question rationality readers reading levels reasoning regulation regulators regulatory method rules sector literacy simplification social practice social psychology |
ISBN | 1-4008-5038-X |
Classificazione | PU 5330 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. The Ubiquity of Mandated Disclosure -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Complex Decisions, Complex Disclosures -- 3. The Failure of Mandated Disclosure -- Part II. Why Disclosures Fail -- 4. "Whatever": The Psychology of Mandated Disclosure -- 5. Reading Disclosures -- 6. The Quantity Question -- 7. From Disclosure to Decision -- Part III. Can Mandated Disclosure Be Saved? -- 8. Make It Simple? -- 9. The Politics of Disclosure -- 10. Producing Disclosures -- 11. At Worst, Harmless? -- 12. Conclusion: Beyond Disclosurism -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826005303321 |
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Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
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