Noise by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony & Cass R. Sunstein - Non Fiction - Paperback

Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9780008309039. Publisher: William Collins. Overview:. Noise is a landmark work of behavioural science from Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, together with co-authors Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein. Following the phenomenal success of Thinking, Fast and Slow, this paperback edition examines an overlooked source of error in human judgment: unwanted variability, or "noise." Drawing on studies from courtrooms, hospitals, and boardrooms, the authors reveal how identical cases can produce wildly different outcomes depending on who is judging them, and what can be done about it.. About the Book:. We tend to assume that when experts disagree, bias is to blame. Noise makes the compelling case that a second, less visible problem is often just as damaging: inconsistency. Two doctors examining the same X-ray, two judges sentencing the same offence, or two underwriters pricing the same policy can arrive at strikingly different conclusions purely because of random scatter that has nothing to do with prejudice or intent. Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein bring together decades of research in psychology, economics, and law to show where noise creeps into professional and personal decisions, and why it so often goes unnoticed. Written in the same accessible, story-driven style that made Thinking, Fast and Slow a global phenomenon, the book moves between rigorous data and vivid real-world case studies. Readers are guided through practical "decisio...