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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the Nobel Prize-winning author of&nbspThiking, Fast and Slow&nbspandnbspthe coauthor of&nbspNude,&nbsparevolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones&8212quota tour de force&8221(New York Times).&nbspImagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients&8212orthat two judges in the same courthouse give&nbspmaredly&nbspdiferent sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Suppose that different interviewers at the same firm&nbspmak different decisions about&nbspindstinguishable job applicants&8212orthat when a company is handling customer complaints, the resolution depends on who happens to&nbspanser&nbspthenbspphone. Now imagine that the same doctor, the same judge, the same interviewer, or the same&nbspcusomer service agent&nbspmaks different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon, or Monday rather than Wednesday. These are examples of noise: variability in judgments that should be identical. &nbspIn&nbspNoie, Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass R. Sunstein&nbspsho&nbspthenbspdetrimental effects of noise&nbspinmany fields, including medicine, law,&nbspecoomic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection.&nbspWheever there is judgment, there is noise. Yet,&nbspmos of the time, individuals and organizations alike&nbspareunaware of it. They neglect noise. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions. &nbspPacked with original ideas, and offering the same kinds of&nbspresarch-based&nbspinsghts that made&nbspThiking, Fast and Slow&nbspandnbspNudge&nbspgrondbreaking&nbspNewYork Times&nbspbessellers,&nbspNoie&nbspexpains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise in judgment&8212andwhat we can do about it.

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