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Risk savvy : how to make good decisions / Gerd Gigerenzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gigerenzer, Gerd, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decision making.
- Choice (Psychology).
- Risk assessment.
- Statistics.
- Risk-taking (Psychology).
- Decision Making.
- Risk-Taking.
- Statistics as Topic.
- Choice Behavior.
- Risk Assessment.
- decision making.
- risk assessment.
- statistics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Decision Making.
- Risk-Taking.
- Statistics as Topic.
- Choice Behavior.
- Risk Assessment.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2015.
- Summary:
- An essential guide to the science of good decision making, showing how ordinary people can make better decisions for their money, their health, and their families--Back cover.
- Contents:
- Part 1. The psychology of risk. Are people stupid? ; Certainty is an illusion ; Defensive decision making ; Why do we fear what's unlikely to kill us?
- Part 2: Getting risk savvy. Mind your money ; Leadership and intuition ; Fun and games ; Getting to the heart of romance ; What doctors need to know ; Health care: no decision about me without me ; Banks, cows, and other dangerous things
- Part 3: Start early. Revolutionize school.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-310) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0143127101
- 9780143127109
- 9780670025657
- 0670025658
- 9780241954614
- 0241954614
- OCLC:
- 881869859
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