Intuitive predictions and professional forecasts : cognitive processes and social consequences /
This volume discusses new approaches for the integration of cognitive psychology and professional forecasting, conceptual clarification of intuition and its role in predictions and forecasts. The authors present empirical tests of the theoretical assumptions in the area of psychiatric prognosis, ele...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1990.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | International series in experimental social psychology ;
v. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume discusses new approaches for the integration of cognitive psychology and professional forecasting, conceptual clarification of intuition and its role in predictions and forecasts. The authors present empirical tests of the theoretical assumptions in the area of psychiatric prognosis, election predictions and energy consumption forecasts. The book goes beyond the individual perspective and deals with technological problems and the social consequences of predictions. The reader is given a vivid overview for judgemental forecasting with special emphasis on practical problems. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 177 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0080367631 9780080367637 9781483286921 1483286924 |