The Number Bias How Numbers Lead And Mislead Us
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The Number Bias How Numbers Lead And Mislead Us
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Author : Sanne Blauw
language : en
Publisher: Sceptre
Release Date : 2020-07-09
The Number Bias How Numbers Lead And Mislead Us written by Sanne Blauw and has been published by Sceptre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with Business & Economics categories.
Even if you don't consider yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words.It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our lives. They tell us how we're doing at school, how much we weigh, who might win an election and whether the economy is booming. But numbers aren't as objective as they may seem; behind every number is a story. Yet politicians, businesses and the media often forget this - or use it for their own gain.Sanne Blauw travels the world to unpick our relationship with numbers and demystify our misguided allegiance, from Florence Nightingale using statistics to petition for better conditions during the Crimean War to the manipulation of numbers by the American tobacco industry and the ambiguous figures pedalled during the EU referendum. Taking us from the everyday numbers that govern our health and wellbeing to the statistics used to wield enormous power and influence, The Number Bias counsels us to think more wisely.
The Number Bias
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Author : Sanne Blauw
language : en
Publisher: Sceptre
Release Date : 2021-07-08
The Number Bias written by Sanne Blauw and has been published by Sceptre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-08 with Political Science categories.
NOW WITH NEW PROLOGUE ABOUT DEMYSTIFYING CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS, DONALD TRUMP AND WHY STATISTICS MATTER MORE THAN EVER 'The Number Bias combines vivid storytelling with authoritative analysis to deliver a warning about the way numbers can lead us astray - if we let them.' TIM HARFORD Even if you don't consider yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words. It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our lives. They tell us how we're doing at school, how much we weigh, who might win an election and whether the economy is booming. But numbers aren't as objective as they may seem; behind every number is a story. Yet politicians, businesses and the media often forget this - or use it for their own gain. Sanne Blauw travels the world to unpick our relationship with numbers and demystify our misguided allegiance, from Florence Nightingale using statistics to petition for better conditions during the Crimean War to the manipulation of numbers by the American tobacco industry and the ambiguous figures peddled during the EU referendum. Taking us from the everyday numbers that govern our health and wellbeing to the statistics used to wield enormous power and influence, The Number Bias counsels us to think more wisely. 'A beautifully accessible exploration of how numbers shape our lives, and the importance of accurately interpreting the statistics we are fed.' ANGELA SAINI, author of Superior
The Number Bias
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Author : Sanne Blauw
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-07-09
The Number Bias written by Sanne Blauw and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-09 with Social Science categories.
NOW WITH NEW PROLOGUE ABOUT DEMYSTIFYING CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS, DONALD TRUMP AND WHY STATISTICS MATTER MORE THAN EVER 'The Number Bias combines vivid storytelling with authoritative analysis to deliver a warning about the way numbers can lead us astray - if we let them.' TIM HARFORD Even if you don't consider yourself a numbers person, you are a numbers person. The time has come to put numbers in their place. Not high up on a pedestal, or out on the curb, but right where they belong: beside words. It is not an overstatement to say that numbers dictate the way we live our lives. They tell us how we're doing at school, how much we weigh, who might win an election and whether the economy is booming. But numbers aren't as objective as they may seem; behind every number is a story. Yet politicians, businesses and the media often forget this - or use it for their own gain. Sanne Blauw travels the world to unpick our relationship with numbers and demystify our misguided allegiance, from Florence Nightingale using statistics to petition for better conditions during the Crimean War to the manipulation of numbers by the American tobacco industry and the ambiguous figures peddled during the EU referendum. Taking us from the everyday numbers that govern our health and wellbeing to the statistics used to wield enormous power and influence, The Number Bias counsels us to think more wisely. 'A beautifully accessible exploration of how numbers shape our lives, and the importance of accurately interpreting the statistics we are fed.' ANGELA SAINI, author of Superior
More Numbers Every Day
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Author : Micael Dahlen
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2023-03-14
More Numbers Every Day written by Micael Dahlen and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-14 with Psychology categories.
Your personal number detox: learn how numbers have taken control of your life—and how to get it back. How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? How many friends do you have? It seems everywhere you go, you’re surrounded by numbers. You depend on them, so you think they’re dependable, neutral, exact. But the truth? Numbers lie. They mislead. They’re tricky, little manipulative devils. And they’re in the process of really messing things up for you. You just don’t know it yet. Today we all strive to quantify everything: calories, likes, website traffic, and even friends. We measure ourselves against others and compare our real experiences to imagined averages. But in our rush to measure, we can lose sight of what matters. From internationally renowned economics professors Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen, More Numbers Every Day is a timely and powerful investigation—and warning—about the trouble numbers can bring us. With groundbreaking, empowering, sometimes frightening, and sometimes funny research, they describe how numbers creep into our heads and bodies, affecting how we think and feel. But numbers aren’t all bad. Sometimes they make us weaker, but sometimes they also make us stronger. More Numbers Every Day is more than just an exploration in to the somewhat mysterious, seemingly infinite pandemic of numbers. It’s a numerical vaccination—for a happier and more integrally healthy life.
Using Psychometrics In Coaching A Practical Guide
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Author : Ian Florance
language : en
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Release Date : 2022-05-30
Using Psychometrics In Coaching A Practical Guide written by Ian Florance and has been published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-30 with Psychology categories.
What is the fundamental role of assessment in coaching? What makes an assessment an appropriate tool in coaching? This guide dispels the misunderstanding that assessments are simply number crunchers, showing instead how they contribute at every stage of a coaching relationship. How we use assessments continues to change rapidly to meet evolving needs, and this book will be an invaluable resource for navigating assessment training to deepen these relationships. This book: •Explains how to use formal and informal psychometrics to get the best result for your client •Uses real life examples, case studies and stories •Gives concrete and unbiased examples of a wide range of assessment approaches •Focuses on coaching clients and how assessment can help them meet their goals •Illustrates the best ways to turn theory-driven tools into practical aids to enrich coaching Written by a practitioner with experience both in developing assessments and in delivering coaching, this is an essential guide for trainee, new and experienced coaches. It explores why assessment reports are an informed voice in the coaching conversation which provide the background data for areas, such as recruitment decisions. “Deep but clear explanations, vivid case studies, occasional laugh-out-loud humour, and relentlessly practical throughout, it has every single thing you need.” Anne Scoular, Meyler Campbell “I recommend it very highly as a book you'll want to buy and consult on a regular basis.” Mary Watts, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, City, University of London, UK “Ian Florance has a great style, cutting through scientific jargon and marketing spin to make testing and assessment accessible for coaches.” Nigel Evans CPsychol, Director NEC & Chair of the European Board of Assessment (EFPA) Ian Florance has worked at NFER-NELSON, the pioneer of clinical, educational and business psychological testing. He founded Only Connect in 2002, writes for The Psychologist, and trained as a coach with Meyler Campbell. Ian also co-founded the European Test Publishers Group. He combines writing poetry and fiction with his business career.
The Language Of Managerialism
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Author : Thomas Klikauer
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-01-24
The Language Of Managerialism written by Thomas Klikauer and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-24 with Business & Economics categories.
This book explains how management became Managerialism and how the language of managerialism was developed.Providing a comprehensive discussion of the managerialism-language interface, the book argues that firstly, managerialism itself has developed its distinctive language; and secondly, the two concepts of managerialism and language mutually depend upon each other. Written from the critical media studies perspective of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, the book reaches beyond simple business communication, illustrating how the language of managerialism is colonising the non-corporate lifeworld. The book concludes by offering fresh ideas on how to move beyond the language of managerialism.
Critical Management Studies In South Africa
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language : en
Publisher: AOSIS
Release Date : 2021-11-30
Critical Management Studies In South Africa written by and has been published by AOSIS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.
This book shows how Critical Management Studies (CMS) scholarship is starting to develop a character of its own in South Africa. It attests to CMS slowly gaining momentum and acquiring an identity of its own amongst South African scholars. However, management studies in South Africa is dominated by capitalist ideology and positivist methodology. Although Interpretive scholarship has gained some momentum, it still falls within the parameters of ‘mainstream’ capitalist thinking. Scholarship outside the domain of capitalist thinking, such as critical scholarship, remains sorely underexplored. Being entrenched in the positivist tradition is arguably a major Achilles’ Heel for the progression of management as a field of inquiry. CMS presents a vehicle for alternative epistemologies to be heard in the management discourse. With its focus on power imbalances, struggles for emancipation from oppression, and distrust of capitalism, CMS provides the peripheral point of view with a voice. CMS presents a space where scholars can engage with South African realities surrounding political, cultural, social, and historical contexts and issues in management. This book is promoting CMS to the scholarly community to show that there are exciting possibilities being offered by a different approach to management scholarship. This book also forms part of a larger project of growing CMS in South Africa and is a collection of original works by academics actively working in CMS, following various methodological approaches which can be categorised into two broad methodological categories, namely, conceptual work and empirical work following an Interpretive approach.
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Author : 麥可．達倫(Micael Dahlen)、海里格．托爾(Helge Thorbj?rnsen)
language : zh-TW
Publisher: 時報文化出版
Release Date : 2024-01-19
written by 麥可．達倫(Micael Dahlen)、海里格．托爾(Helge Thorbj?rnsen) and has been published by 時報文化出版 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-19 with Mathematics categories.
如果你是運動選手，你必須知道── ．在籃球場上，背號較小的球員平均得分比背號較大的球員高；曲棍球選手的背號則是越大越好，平均得分最高的是九十一號！ ．體育競賽中銅板得主的開心度勝過銀牌得主，原因是銀牌輸給了金牌，但銅牌贏得上台的機會！ 如果你追求身心健康，你必須知道── ．「整數」對我們心情影響很大，適逢30/40/50歲時，我們會認為自己有夠老，幸福感也比其他歲數時下滑！ ．利用運動手環監控每日運動量，會讓你的表現變好一點……但也只有好一點點而已啦，最後你的內在動機會下降，還無法持之以恆！ ．對住宿、吃飯、看電影、就醫都要評分，不僅破壞體驗、讓你標準越來越嚴苛，也越來越難得到滿足！ 如果你是公司老闆或高階主管，你必須知道── ．發業績獎金的正面效應又低又短，還很容易產生反效果！ ．員工會調整做事的順序以符合業績目標，但那些沒被列在KPI上卻很重要的事情就被徹底放生！ ．餐廳名稱裡的數字越大，顧客越會提高晚餐預算，也有機會賺得越多！ 如果你是一名政黨候選人，你必須知道── ．只要你的按讚數越高，大家就會認為你的話語有可信度，且甚至不用點進影片看你說了什麼！ ．不管數字正確與否，只要你在政策裡加上數字，大家就會認為這是理性客觀科學務實！ 如果你是社會政策制定者，你必須知道── ．那些很在意社群媒體追蹤數與按讚數的人是危險的，他們不僅比較容易焦慮，道德感還比較低！ ．數字有定錨效應，先喊出一個數字，數字就能會發揮影響力，讓人的判斷跟著數字的大小跑！ ．假如一個數字出現在一場審判的初期，那麼當數字較小時，最後判出來的刑期往往也跟著縮小；如果數字大，那被告就會面對被判重刑的風險！ 上述例子一再告訴我們，數字正在改變我們對於身體、心理、個人認知、人際關係，還有社會的一切觀感。 你今天走了多少步路？上周睡了多少小時？跟伴侶多久做愛一次？BMI符合標準嗎？Instagram收到多少顆愛心？Tinder向左或向右滑了幾次？有幾個臉友？那現實中的朋友呢？……不過才幾年前，我們壓根不在乎一天走了多少步、螢幕使用時間有多長、也不在乎朋友的數字有沒有破百破千，跟他人相比如何；但如今的我們事事追求KPI、聚餐必須選在評分最高的餐廳，就連睡覺也要戴上智能手錶追蹤睡眠品質。我們已然來到一個凡事都可以量化、也可以評分的數字爆炸時代。 瑞典最特立獨行的經濟學教授麥可．達倫以及海里格．托爾布約恩森，透過解開歷史從古至今的數字迷思（奇數是男生，偶數是女生）、認知心理學與數字作用（當我們聽到數字1-4的小數字時，身體會往左邊走，而6-9等較大的數字，則會讓身體往右靠），並引用不同國家的科學實驗成果（數字=金錢，所以按讚數越高、追蹤人數越多，我們會越像一個有錢的王八蛋），從中了解數字如何滲透我們的頭腦與身體，影響思考與感受，並且在你未曾知覺的情況下，影響你做的每個決定。 麥可與海里格寫道，依賴數字的生活對人的影響有好有壞。而在本書中，兩人將以幽默的口吻與有趣的實例，探究數字與身體、自我認同、表現、體驗、人際、經濟、新聞、社會之間的關係，讓你在數字數代中防範「量化」與「比較」帶來的不快樂，擁有更幸福、健康的生活方式。
Mehr Zahlen Jeden Tag
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Author : Micael Dahlen
language : de
Publisher: Kösel-Verlag
Release Date : 2023-04-26
Mehr Zahlen Jeden Tag written by Micael Dahlen and has been published by Kösel-Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-26 with Science categories.
Wann machen uns Zahlen stärker und wann schwächer? Wann täuschen sie uns? Und was haben Zahlen damit zu tun, ob jemand bei der Arbeit Klopapier stiehlt? Zahlen scheinen uns rational, verlässlich, überprüfbar und objektiv. Wir zählen alles: Unsere Kalorien, Schritte, Freunde. Wir bewerten Filme, Restaurants, Taxifahrer. Wir messen und vergleichen. Schon vor mindestens 40.000 Jahren haben Menschen mit Zahlen gerechnet, aber in der digitalen Welt hat unser Umgang mit Zahlen und Daten ein ganz neues Level erreicht. Zahlen dringen weiter und weiter in unser Leben vor, in alles, was wir tun und sind. Sie beeinflussen, welche Entscheidungen wir treffen, wie wir uns verhalten und was wir denken, wahrnehmen und fühlen. Ob wir es wollen oder nicht: Zahlen haben Macht über uns. Und sie spielen auf wirklich jedem erdenklichen gesellschaftlichen Level eine Rolle. Die Wirtschaftsprofessoren Micael Dahlen und Helge Thorbjørnsen zeigen, wie berechenbar wir geworden sind. Basierend auf ihren Forschungsergebnissen helfen sie uns zu erkennen, wie sich Zahlen in unsere Köpfe und Körper einschleichen, und wie wir das sogar für uns nutzen können. Das ist ungemein faszinierend, manchmal beängstigend, vor allem aber sehr unterhaltsam.
How To Lie With Statistics
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Author : Darrell Huff
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2023-03-30
How To Lie With Statistics written by Darrell Huff and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-30 with Mathematics categories.
'A great introduction to a crucial topic' Bill Gates 'Perhaps the most popular book on statistics ever published ... It's a marvel ... gave me a peek behind the curtain of statistical manipulation, showing me how the swindling was done so that I would not be fooled again' Tim Harford In 1954, Darrell Huff decided enough was enough. Fed up with politicians, advertisers and journalists using statistics to sensationalise, inflate, confuse, oversimplify and - on occasion - downright lie, he decided to shed light on their ill-informed and sneaky ways. How to Lie with Statistics is the result - the definitive and hilarious primer in the ways statistics are used to deceive. With over one and half million copies sold around the world, it has delighted generations of readers with its cheeky takes on the ins and outs of samples, averages, errors, graphs and indexes. And in the modern world of big data and misinformation, Huff remains the perfect guide through the maze of facts and figures that are designed to make us believe anything. 'A hilarious exploration of mathematical mendacity.... Every time you pick it up, what happens? Bang goes another illusion!' The New York Times 'A pleasantly subversive little book guaranteed to undermine your faith in the almighty statistic' Atlantic