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Derek W. Gibson, Jeffrey D. Camm - Data Duped

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Derek W. Gibson, Jeffrey D. Camm

Data Duped

2023

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5 Everyday Decisions S. 93-116

„… games just 5Everyday Decisions94 Chapter 5for fun or to support a cause. Otherwise, it is a terrible way …” „… participant to make a good and informed decision. Warranties often are accompanied by numbers such as fees and …” „… deduct-ibles but omit information needed to make a data- informed decision. Let’s look at an example of …”

6 Making Big Decisions S. 117-130

„… that goal).INVESTMENT DECISIONS—SKILL OR LUCKRetirement investments are an important part of planning …” „… is an opportunity for human fallibility.—Donald Redelmeirer, physician- researcherBIG DECISIONS, BIG …” „… CONSEQUENCES?“Big decision” is a relative term. Certainly, one measure of a big decision is the magnitude of its …”

7 Analytics at Work How to Be a Better Decision Maker, Look Smart, and Impress Your Boss S. 131-154

„… part).DECISIONS, DECISIONSYou use data to make decisions, right? Well, if you are running a small business or …” „… Be a Better Decision Maker, Look Smart, and Impress Your Boss132 Chapter 7the way for them to be …” „… provides credibility. Data can help support a decision or convince someone of another course of action. It …”

8 All the Patterns We Shall See How Our Beliefs and Bias Can Cloud Our Decisions S. 155-178

„… deception and decision making. Why bother writing about the psychology and the mechanics of decision- making …” „… ? The reason is quite simple. The more you know about how people make decisions and our innate human …” „… recognizing our human nature and decision- making liabilities in others and, perhaps most importantly, in …”

Index S. 223-236

„… ; data and, 24–25, 133–35; data science and, 9–11, 19–20, 25–26; deception with, 131–33; decisions with …” „… , 135–40; decision-theory in, 117–18; Google Analytics, 134–35; Industrial Revolution compared to, 24–25 …” „… big decisions: college as, 127–28; investment decisions as, 124–27; probability in, 118–19, 119, 130 …”

4 Data Duped in Media Reality Checks for News and Marketing S. 63-92

„… provocative headlines. More insights about the numbers and how they can impact our decisions—do we need an …” „… isolated. We make decisions all the time based on what we read, hear, and see in the news. The weather …” „… being data duped can help you be more informed and may even help with all those decisions. Decline of …”

1 Who Are You? S. 1-8

„… of decision? Do the numbers support the decision you wanted to make before you saw them? How do you …” „… types of decisions in your life from the everyday “common” decisions such as shopping and driving …” „… direc-tions, to larger “life” decisions like buying a home, planning for col-lege, and saving for retirement …”

3 Data Defense Strategies S. 27-62

„… decisions they make every day. From exaggerated claims (“Lose 20 pounds without diet-ing!”) to misleading …” „… times faster than the population.5 Not only do weight loss providers want to sway your decision to …” „… purchase their product, especially amid strong competi-tion, they also want you to make that decision based …”

Preface

„… Strategies 27 4 Data Duped in Media: Reality Checks for News and Marketing 63 5 Everyday Decisions 93 6 …” „… Making Big Decisions 117 7 Analytics at Work: How to Be a Better Decision Maker, Look Smart, and Impress …” „… Your Boss 131 8 All the Patterns We Shall See: How Our Beliefs and Bias Can Cloud Our Decisions 155 9 …”

2 The Data Age and You S. 9-26

„… in charts and tables sometimes can go only so far to convince others to make decisions. She overcame …” „… topics specific to data and decisions in the workplace. For now, it is important to recognize how data …” „… . IBM Watson has been tailored for medicine and is helping doctors with patient treatment decisions. In …”

9 Calling Out the Data Dupe Addressing Misleading Data and Changing People’s Beliefs S. 179-194

„… referenced several times in pop culture, in articles and in movies as a reference point for decisions people …” „… make and their consequences. Often those decisions include data. We feel like we are using data but …” „… both the Salem witch trials and a host of other poor decisions throughout history, the segment shows …”

Notes S. 205-222

„… reasonable everyday decisions. 4. Jose Miguel Abito and Yuval Salant, “The Effect of Product Mispercep-tion …” „… . Annualized return over the 36-year period since 1985 is ($300/$0.11)(1/36)–1. 8. Xinge Zhao, “Exit Decisions …” „… decision to plan for more unlikely events. CHAPTER 81. Norse mythology attributed lightning and thunder to …”

10 Put a Little Data in Your Life S. 195-204

„… Climate Orbiter.7 Each of these relied on data in a way that led to confidence in decisions and …” „… decisions of some people. This is why it is important to explain past events where data are used as a …” „… enabled to make more informed decisions, knowing often the data are correct, the problem is how they are …”

About the Authors S. 237-238

„… guiding business strategy and decision making, primarily with Wachovia and Wells Fargo Bank. He has built …”

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Dan Taylor

Baseball at the Abyss

2023

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7. Decision Day S. 51-57

„… 517Decision DayThe weather was bitterly cold. Were a gauge visible, it would have registered just …” „… surprised by the verdict. “There were Decision Day 53too many witnesses against us,” he said. “Those boys …” „… Decision Day 55Cobb-Speaker matter once and for all. Unspoken was an even more signifi-cant item on …”

6. Baseball at the Abyss S. 43-50

„… need for a few days to review the voluminous testimony. He promised a decision at 10:00 a.m. the …” „… offered a hearing. Both declined. They accepted his decision and agreed to exit baseball. As far as …”

11. Digesting a Cobb Salary S. 86-92

„… contents of the letter. Ruth replied that the decision was entirely up to Colonel Ruppert. If the Yankees …” „… Ruppert reverse his decision. Hunt was thus surprised to receive a telegram from Barrow that conveyed a …”

1. Sour Grape Grower S. 1-9

„… , palatial home, and significant wealth of Landis’s host represented the spoils of a teenaged decision to …” „… . By June, Leonard had won six of seven decisions and showed, in the words of one sportswriter, “much …”

Notes S. 157-176

„… That Judge Landis Give Decision in Baseball’s Latest Scandal,” The Dayton Herald, December 24, 1926, 12 …” „… Job of His Regime,” Arizona Daily Star, January 9, 1927.CHAPTER 71. “Baseball Awaits Landis’ Decision …” „… Globe, January 28, 1927, 24.25. “Ban Johnson Has No Comment on Decision,” The Commercial Appeal …”

Bibliography S. 177-198

„… 13, 1927, 4. “Ban Johnson Has No Comment on Decision,” The Commercial Appeal, January 28, 1927, 17 …” „… ,” The Pittsburgh Press, October 3, 1927, 1. “Baseball Awaits Landis’ Decision,” Lancaster New Era …” „… Demands That Judge Landis Give Decision in Baseball’s Latest Scandal,” The Dayton Herald, December 24 …”

2. Landing the Big One S. 10-20

„… ’ guilt or innocence raged among fans. The correctness or error of Landis’s decision was argued. Fans who …” „… distributed by Christy Walsh. In his piece that appeared four days after Landis’s decision, Ruth threw his …”

Preface

„… Swings Away 34 6 Baseball at the Abyss 43 7 Decision Day 51 8 The Red-Faced Cardinal 58 9 Stealing …”

5. Ty Swings Away S. 34-42

„… with a thirst for revenge. Cobb claimed Leonard’s decision to give Landis his letters was the “vengeful …”

9. Stealing the Show S. 66-75

„… , what helped to reinforce the studio’s decision to use Ruth was the breadth of his popularity. Those who …”

19. The Greatest Season S. 140-148

„… worked successfully. Cvengros tried another. It was a decision the relief pitcher would soon regret. The …”

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Peter G. Kirchschlaeger - Ethical Decision-Making

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Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Ethical Decision-Making

Series: NomosTextbook

Volume 2023

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4 Human Ethical Decisions Are and Will Remain in Demand – Also in the Future S. 39-56

„… Human Ethical Decisions Are and Will Remain in Demand – Also in the FutureSummaryIn this chapter …” „… , you can expect a discussion of the possibility of delegating ethical decisions to so-called so called …” „… have moral capability or not, and whether humans can entrust them with ethical decisions based on their …”

7 Outlook: Ethics-SAMBA. With Ease and Argumentative Elegance To Take Ethical Decisions in 4 Steps S. 123-124

„… Outlook: Ethics-SAMBA. With Ease and Argumentative Elegance To Take Ethical Decisions in 4 …” „… will the necessary ethical decisions become less with SAMBA or make them less challenging. With SAMBA …” „… ethical decision, to gain clarity about the reasons for an ethical decision and a corresponding action …”

1 Why Ethics-SAMBA? S. 11-24

„… DecisionsThe changes in our living environment open up scope for action for us humans and at the same time …” „… self-determination, we humans have to make ethical decisions all the time. Ethical decision-making is based neither …” „… practical orientation is expressed in the fact that ethical decisions should also lead to corresponding …”

3 Ethics and Law S. 33-38

„… created by judicial decisions.The relationship between ethics and law shapes the following possibilities …” „… socially supported decisions.A further differentiation is made by determining the multi-layered …” „… gain a precise understanding of the field of ethics – ethical decisions in contrast to socially normed …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-10

„… Ethical Decision-MakingPeter G. KirchschlaegerTe x t b o o kNomosIntroductionNomosTextbook The …” „… the respective subject.NomosEthical Decision-MakingPeter G. KirchschlaegerIntroductionThe Deutsche …” „… Cataloging-in-Publication DataKirchschlaeger, Peter G. Ethical Decision-MakingIntroductionPeter G. Kirchschlaeger140 …”

6 SAMBA S. 59-122

„… SAMBASummaryThis chapter is dedicated to Ethics-SAMBA: Ethical decision-making challenges us every …” „… , be it in a political or economic context. SAMBA encourages ethical decision-making with ease and …” „… SAMBA model aims to provide a concrete guide to ethical decision-making with ease and argumentative …”

5 The Rule-Transcending Uniqueness of the Concrete S. 57-58

„… characteristics of ethical decision-making that, on the one hand, it cannot rely on democratic opinion-forming and …” „… decision-making processes for its justification. On the other hand, it is characterized by a sensitivity for the …” „… rule-transcending uniqueness of the concrete. What is meant by this is that ethical decision-making goes beyond …”

2 Ethics in a Global Context S. 25-32

„… dignity of all people.In the course of ethical decision-making one repeatedly encounters geographical …” „… ethical decision-making, the argument is based only on place or time of origin, its normative validity and …” „… decision, women's suffrage was introduced at the cantonal level in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden on …”

Bibliography S. 125-138

„… Europe (2018): Discrimination, Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Decision-Making. Online …” „… : https://rm.coe.int/discrimination-artificial-intelligence-and-algorithmic-decision-making/1680925d73 [13.07.2023].Decker, Michael (2019a): “Autonome Systeme und ethische Reflexion”. In …” „… practitioner’s guide to ethical decision making. American Counseling Association.Frezzo, Mark (2015): The …”

Index S. 139-140

„… Decision 7, 11–20, 22, 23, 25, 27–29, 31, 33–36, 39, 42, 47, 51–55, 57, 59, 60, 62–71, 73, 74, 77–80, 82 …” „… , 85–87, 89, 95, 99, 100, 104–106, 109–112, 116, 118–120, 123Decision-making 7, 11–20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 31 …”

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Erich H. Rast - Theory of Value Structure

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Erich H. Rast

Theory of Value Structure

2022

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Steven M. Cahn

Saints and Scamps

2010

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Chapter 04. Personnel Decisions S. 63-84

„… 63C H A P T E R F O U RPersonnel DecisionsFaculty AppointmentsAt many colleges and universities …” „… subfields candidates will be expected to specialize. This decision should reflect not partiality, but a …” „… with care, not glanced through haphazardly. When the decision is made as to which candidates are to be …”

Appendix A. Searching for Administrators: The Missing Step S. 97-100

„… the final decision is announced.The process is invariably exhausting, but the results are often …” „… decisions? Do the chairs find the candidate accessible, resourceful, fair-minded, and committed to enhancing …” „… obligation to make the soundest possible decision.10_430_z1_AppA.indd 98 8/18/10 7:09 AMSearching for …”

Notes S. 121-126

„… . Whether their use is appropriate in a school’s admission and scholarship decisions is a different issue …” „… in the Supreme Court’s 1979 Bakke decision, found “the attainment of a diverse student body” to be a …” „… goal that might justify the use of race in student admissions. An incisive analysis of that decision is …”

Appendix B. Two Concepts of Affirmative Action S. 101-110

„… criteria justifiable in employment decisions?3Return to President Johnson’s claim that a person hobbled by …” „… some Black literary critics. Why make decisions based on fallible racial generalizations when judgments …”

Chapter 05. Graduate Education S. 85-96

„… passed only after both contending professors approve the new material. When informed of this decision …” „… departmental decisions. To those who might reject this idea on the grounds that the agenda of such a committee …”

Appendix C. Why Not Tell the Truth? S. 111-112

„… given strong weight in the decision procedure, shouldn’t the announcement of the position say so? And in …”

Chapter 03. Scholarship and Service S. 41-62

„… right to expect that our attorney is knowledgeable about recent court decisions and does not rely solely …” „… great part on decisions made by curriculum committees.I have thus far concentrated on obligations common …” „… schools have different resources as well as different priorities. Furthermore, any curricular decisions …”

Preface

„… Decisions 63 Faculty Appointments 63 Tenure 69 Voting Procedures 75 Faculty Dismissals 80Chapter 5 Graduate …”

Chapter 02. Teaching S. 9-40

„… consider which books you will ask the students to purchase. Before making that decision, you should …” „… should have carefully studied its contents and made a decision only after serious reflection.Keep in mind …”

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