Bias in Science and Communication : A feld guide

Welsh, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0750313129 / ISBN 13: 9780750313124

Verlag: Iop Publishing Ltd, 2018

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 33261162-n

Inhaltsangabe:

Bias is a natural outcome of our thinking patterns. The nature of our cognitive processes leads to inherent limitations, resulting in predictable biases in both our own judgements and the interpretation of our communications by the public, by policymakers and even other scientists. This book will introduce the concept of biases arising from cognitive limitations and tendencies with a focus of the implications of this for scientists in particular. It begins with an initial quiz designed to demonstrate key biases – allowing readers to look back at the responses that they provided prior to reading about specific biases and thus see, without the impact of hindsight bias, whether they were susceptible to the effects.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dr Matthew Welsh is a psychological scientist specialising in decision making. His primary area of research is in decision making under uncertainty, particularly as it relates to real world problems. In his role at the Australian School of Petroleum, he researches how people's decision-making tendencies impact the choices they make and the economic flow-on effects of this for industries like oil and gas, which depend on expert judgement and estimation to reduce uncertainty. He teaches into the Australian School of Petroleum's Decision Making courses at Honours and Masters levels; and into the School of Psychology's Masters in Organisational Psychology.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bias in Science and Communication : A feld ...
Verlag: Iop Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New