Insights in Decision Making: A Tribute to Hillel J. Einhorn - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226348563 ISBN 13: 9780226348568

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1990

Synopsis

How do people make decisions? How can we help people make better decisions? How can we best study the processes of decision making? The growing field of behavioral decision research, which seeks to link observed decision behavior to underlying psychological mechanisms, may provide the answers to these questions.

The volume is based on a recent conference held to honor the work and memory of the late Hillel J. Einhorn, a pioneering scholar in behavioral decision research. Composed of contributions by leading researchers, Insights in Decision Making provides a state-of-the-art image of work in this field.

The range of topics covered includes conceptual and technical issues the bridge the gap between theory and the practical concern of improving decision making, difficulties in statistical thinking, experimental studies of processes of judgment and choice, and the emergence of new paradigms for studying decision behavior.

Providing many avenues for future research, Insights in Decision Making will be essential reading for students of the psychology of decision making and will prove valuable to readers in psychology, economics, statistics, and management.

About this title

About the Author

Robin M. Hogarth is an ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. He is a former president of the Judgment and Decision Making Society and the European Association for Decision Making, and the author of Judgment and Choice, among other titles.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226348563
• ISBN 13: 9780226348568
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 370
• Editor: Hogarth Robin M.