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  • Imperfect Perception and Stochastic Choice in Experiments

    by Pablo Brañas-Garza, John Alan Smith ...
    Series series Elements in Behavioural and Experimental Economics
    The branch of psychology that studies how physical objects are perceived by subjects is known as psychophysics. A feature of the experimental design is that the experimenter presents objectively measurable objects that are imperfectly perceived by subjects. The responses are stochastic in that a subject might respond differently in otherwise identical situations. These stochastic choices can be ... Read more

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  • Mostly Harmless Econometrics

    An Empiricist's Companion

    by Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke ...
    The core methods in today's econometric toolkit are linear regression for statistical control, instrumental variables methods for the analysis of natural experiments, and differences-in-differences methods that exploit policy changes. In the modern experimentalist paradigm, these techniques address clear causal questions such as: Do smaller classes increase learning? Should wife batterers be ... Read more

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  • What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

    by Keith E. Stanovich ...
    Critics of intelligence tests—writers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Goleman—have argued in recent years that these tests neglect important qualities such as emotion, empathy, and interpersonal skills. However, such critiques imply that though intelligence tests may miss certain key noncognitive areas, they encompass most of what is important in the cognitive domain. In this ... Read more

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  • Judgment and Decision-Making

    In the Lab and the World

    by Nancy S. Kim ...
    How do we make the judgments that inform our lives? Is there any way of consciously removing bias from the choices we make? What do our everyday personal decisions have in common with those made by groups, companies, and even nations? In this engaging and innovative textbook, Nancy Kim presents a multidisciplinary introduction to the dynamic field of judgment and decision-making. This lucidly ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Rationality for Mortals

    How People Cope with Uncertainty

    by Gerd Gigerenzer ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability, but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective, human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Choose Wisely

    Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making

    by Barry Schwartz, Richard Schuldenfrei ...
    A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory—and propose a new framework for understanding decision-makingFor many decision scientists, their starting point—drawn from economics—is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly ... Read more

    $23.39 USD

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  • Thinking and Deciding

    by Jonathan Baron ...
    Beginning with its first edition and through subsequent editions, Thinking and Deciding has established itself as the required text and important reference work for students and scholars of human cognition and rationality. In this fourth edition, first published in 2007, Jonathan Baron retains the comprehensive attention to the key questions addressed in the previous editions - how should we think ... Read more

    $51.69 USD

  • Heuristics and Biases

    The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment

    Edited by Thomas Gilovich, Dale Griffin, Daniel Kahneman ...
    Is our case strong enough to go to trial? Will interest rates go up? Can I trust this person? Such questions - and the judgments required to answer them - are woven into the fabric of everyday experience. This book, first published in 2002, examines how people make such judgments. The study of human judgment was transformed in the 1970s, when Kahneman and Tversky introduced their 'heuristics and ... Read more

    $67.29 USD

  • The Daniel Kahneman Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Daniel Kahneman

    by Shane Clemons ...
    This book is your ultimate Daniel Kahneman resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Daniel Kahneman's whole picture right away. Get countless Daniel Kahneman facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Daniel Kahneman ... Read more

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  • Statistical Models

    Theory and Practice

    by David A. Freedman ...
    This lively and engaging book explains the things you have to know in order to read empirical papers in the social and health sciences, as well as the techniques you need to build statistical models of your own. The discussion in the book is organized around published studies, as are many of the exercises. Relevant journal articles are reprinted at the back of the book. Freedman makes a thorough ... Read more

    $59.09 USD

  • What Makes Us Smart

    The Computational Logic of Human Cognition

    by Samuel J. Gershman ...
    How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognitionAt the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental puzzle: How are we incredibly smart and stupid at the same time? No existing machine can match the power and flexibility of human perception, language, and reasoning. Yet, we routinely commit errors that reveal the failures of our thought processes. What ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • Research Methods

    How to Design and Conduct a Successful Project

    by Dr. Peter Marshall ...
    All social science courses offered at universities include a research methods module. This book explains the various methods available to social researchers, and the basic principles, strengths and weaknesses involved in the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD