Expert Political Judgment : : How Good Is It? How Can We Know? / / Philip E. Tetlock.
The intelligence failures surrounding the invasion of Iraq dramatically illustrate the necessity of developing standards for evaluating expert opinion. This book fills that need. Here, Philip E. Tetlock explores what constitutes good judgment in predicting future events, and looks at why experts are...
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Tetlock, Philip E., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Expert Political Judgment : How Good Is It? How Can We Know? / Philip E. Tetlock. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009] ©2006 1 online resource (344 p.) : 39 line illus. 7 tables. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Quantifying the Unquantifiable -- Chapter 2. The Ego-deflating Challenge of Radical Skepticism -- Chapter 3. Knowing the Limits of One's Knowledge -- Chapter 4. Honoring Reputational Bets -- Chapter 5. Contemplating Counterfactuals -- Chapter 6. The Hedgehogs Strike Back -- Chapter 7. Are We Open-minded Enough to Acknowledge the Limits of Open-mindedness? -- Chapter 8. Exploring the Limits on Objectivity and Accountability -- Methodological Appendix -- Technical Appendix -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The intelligence failures surrounding the invasion of Iraq dramatically illustrate the necessity of developing standards for evaluating expert opinion. This book fills that need. Here, Philip E. Tetlock explores what constitutes good judgment in predicting future events, and looks at why experts are often wrong in their forecasts. Tetlock first discusses arguments about whether the world is too complex for people to find the tools to understand political phenomena, let alone predict the future. He evaluates predictions from experts in different fields, comparing them to predictions by well-informed laity or those based on simple extrapolation from current trends. He goes on to analyze which styles of thinking are more successful in forecasting. Classifying thinking styles using Isaiah Berlin's prototypes of the fox and the hedgehog, Tetlock contends that the fox--the thinker who knows many little things, draws from an eclectic array of traditions, and is better able to improvise in response to changing events--is more successful in predicting the future than the hedgehog, who knows one big thing, toils devotedly within one tradition, and imposes formulaic solutions on ill-defined problems. He notes a perversely inverse relationship between the best scientific indicators of good judgement and the qualities that the media most prizes in pundits--the single-minded determination required to prevail in ideological combat. Clearly written and impeccably researched, the book fills a huge void in the literature on evaluating expert opinion. It will appeal across many academic disciplines as well as to corporations seeking to develop standards for judging expert decision-making. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Ideology. Political psychology. POLITICAL SCIENCE / General. bisacsh Rescober, Phillip, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Tetlock, Philip E., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691128719 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400830312 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400830312 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400830312.jpg |
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