Noise : a flaw in human judgment

Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions about indist...

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Auteurs principaux : Kahneman Daniel (Auteur), Sibony Olivier (Auteur), Sunstein Cass R. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Noise : a flaw in human judgment / Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass R. Sunstein
Publié : London : William Collins , C 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-454 pages)
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Résumé : Imagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients or that two judges in the same courthouse give markedly different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm make different decisions about indistinguishable job applicants or that when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to answer the phone. Now imagine that the same doctor, the same judge, the same interviewer, or the same customer service agent makes different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather than Wednesday. These are examples of noise: variability in judgments that should be identical. In Noise, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein show the detrimental effects of noise in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection. Wherever there is judgment, there is noise. Yet, most of the time, individuals and organizations alike are unaware of it. They neglect noise. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions. Packed with original ideas, and offering the same kinds of research-based insights that made Thinking, Fast and Slow and Nudge groundbreaking New York Times bestsellers, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise in judgment and what we can do about it.
Bibliographie : Bibliographie p.399-438. Index
ISBN : 978-0-00-830899-5
978-0-00-830900-8