Innumeracy in the Wild

Misunderstanding and Misusing Numbers
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-086109-4
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 597 g

Our grasp of numbers and uncertainty is one of humankind's most distinctive and important traits. It is pivotal to our exceptional ability to control the world around us as we make short-term choices and forecast far into the future. But very smart people can struggle with numbers in ways that pose negative consequences for their decision making. Numeric ability equips individuals with vital tools that allow them to take charge of various aspects of their life. The
more numerate enjoy superior health, wealth, and employment outcomes, while the innumerate remain more vulnerable.

This book presents the logic, rules, and habits that highly numerate people use in decision making. Innumeracy in the Wild also introduces two additional ways of knowing numbers that complement and compensate for lower numeric ability and explores how numeric abilities develop and where mistakes are made. It offers a state-of-the-art review of the now sizeable body of psychological and applied findings that demonstrate the critical importance of numeracy in our world. With more than
two decades of experience in the decision sciences, Ellen Peters demonstrates how intervention can foster adult numeric capacity, propel people to use numeric facts in decision making, and empower those with lower numeracy to reason better.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Peters, Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Familienpsychologie
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra Zahlentheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Peters is Philip H. Knight Chair, Professor of Journalism and Communication, and Director of the Media Center for Science and Technology at the University of Oregon. She studies the basic building blocks of human judgment and decision making and is particularly interested in how people think and feel their way through decisions in our increasingly complex world.