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008			150212s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015005007
020			_a9780374112677 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0374112673 _q(hardcover)
020			_z9780374710675 _q(ebook)
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035			_a(OCoLC)889164994
050	0	0	_aBC177 _b.N57 2015
060		4	_aBF 442 _bN724m 2015
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100	1		_aNisbett, Richard E., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aMindware : _btools for smart thinking / _cRichard E. Nisbett.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bFarrar, Straus and Giroux, _c2015.
300			_aviii, 320 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
505	0		_apt. 1. Thinking about thought -- Everything's an inference -- The power of the situation -- The rational unconscious -- pt. 2. The formerly dismal science -- Should you think like an economist? -- Spilt milk and free lunch -- Foiling foibles -- pt. 3. Coding, counting, correlation, and causality -- Odds and Ns -- Linked up -- pt. 4. Experiments -- Ignore the HiPPO -- Experiments natural and experiments proper -- Eekonomics -- Don't ask, can't tell -- pt. 5. Thinking, straight and curved -- Logic -- Dialectical reasoning -- pt. 6. Knowing the world -- KISS and tell -- Keeping it real -- Conclusion: The tools of the lay scientist.
520			_aA psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation.
520			_aScientific and philosophical concepts can change the way we solve problems by helping us to think more effectively about our behavior and our world. Surprisingly, despite their utility, many of these tools remain unknown to most of us. In Mindware, psychologist Richart E. Nisbett presents these ideas in clear and accessible detail. Nisbett has made a career of studying and teaching such powerful problem-solving concepts as the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, sunk costs and opportunity costs, and causation and correlation, probing the best methods for teaching others how to use them effectively in their daily lives. In this book, Nisbett shows how to frame common problems in such a way that these scientific and staitistical principles can be applied to them. The result is a practical guide to the most essential tools of reasoning ever developed--tools that can easily be used to make better professional, business, and personal decisions.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aReasoning.
650		0	_aThought and thinking.
650		2	_aDecision Making.
650		2	_aThinking.
650		7	_aReasoning. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01091282
650		7	_aThought and thinking. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01150249
650		7	_aDenken _2gnd
650		7	_a _2gnd
650		7	_aEntscheidung _2gnd
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