May contain lies: how stories, statistics and studies exploit our biases - and what we can do about it
Edmans, Alex
May contain lies: how stories, statistics and studies exploit our biases - and what we can do about it - UK: Penguin Random House India, 2025. - 328 P.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
PART I: The biases
1. Confirmation Bias
2. Black- and- White Thinking
PART II: The Problems
3. A Statement is not Fact
4. A Fact is not Data
5. Data is not Evidence: Data Mining
6. Data is not Evidence: Causation
7. When Data is Evidence
8. Evidence is not Proof
PART III: The Solution
9. Thinking Smarter as Individuals
10. Creating Organizations that Think Smarter
11. Creating Societies that Think Smarter
9780241630181
Critical Thinking,
153.42 / EDM/MAY
May contain lies: how stories, statistics and studies exploit our biases - and what we can do about it - UK: Penguin Random House India, 2025. - 328 P.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
PART I: The biases
1. Confirmation Bias
2. Black- and- White Thinking
PART II: The Problems
3. A Statement is not Fact
4. A Fact is not Data
5. Data is not Evidence: Data Mining
6. Data is not Evidence: Causation
7. When Data is Evidence
8. Evidence is not Proof
PART III: The Solution
9. Thinking Smarter as Individuals
10. Creating Organizations that Think Smarter
11. Creating Societies that Think Smarter
9780241630181
Critical Thinking,
153.42 / EDM/MAY