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Calculated risks : how to know when numbers deceive you / Gerd Gigerenzer.

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LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS
General Collection	QA273.15 .G54 2002	AVAILABLE

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viii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-296) and index.
Contents	pt. 1. Dare to know -- 1. Uncertainty -- 2. The illusion of certainty -- 3. Innumeracy -- 4. Insight -- pt. 2. Understanding uncertainties in the real world -- 5. Breast cancer screening -- 6. (Un)informed consent -- 7. AIDS counseling -- 8. Wife battering -- 9. Experts on trial -- 10. DNA fingerprinting -- 11. Violent people -- pt. 3. From innumeracy to insight -- 12. How innumeracy can be exploited -- 13. Fun problems -- 14. Teaching clear thinking.
Subject	Probabilities -- Popular works.
	Mathematical statistics -- Popular works.
	Uncertainty -- Popular works.
Local Subj.	Resources for College Libraries. (RCL)
Standard #	0743205561

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