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About the Course

Most professions these days require more than general intelligence. They require in addition the ability to collect, analyze and think about data. Personal life is enriched when these same skills are applied to problems in everyday life involving judgment and choice. This course presents basic concepts from statistics, probability, scientific methodology, cognitive psychology and cost-benefit theory and shows how they can be applied to everything from picking one product over another to critiquing media accounts of scientific research. Concepts are defined briefly and breezily and then applied to many examples drawn from business, the media and everyday life. What kinds of things will you learn? Why it’s usually a mistake to interview people for a job. Why it’s highly unlikely that, if your first meal in a new restaurant is excellent, you will find the next meal to be as good. Why economists regularly walk out of movies and leave restaurant food uneaten. Why getting your picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated usually means your next season is going to be a disappointment. Why you might not have a disease even though you’ve tested positive for it. Why you’re never going to know how coffee affects you unless you conduct an experiment in which you flip a coin to determine whether you will have coffee on a given day. Why it might be a mistake to use an office in a building you own as opposed to having your office in someone else’s building. Why you should never keep a stock that’s going down in hopes that it will go back up and prevent you from losing any of your initial investment. Why it is that a great deal of health information presented in the media is misinformation....

Top reviews

JM
Jul 28, 2019

This course is great! I recommend it to anyone who wants to be able to reason better and have more capabilities in making decisions. Thank you Dr. Nisbett and Coursera for providing this course.

MK
Apr 7, 2020

Anyone beginner can take this course and be 100 times more understanding of information via any media while also perhaps understanding what is the best choice in some give scenario IRL.

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By Sujata S

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Jul 8, 2017

I think the professor was kind and laid-back. I like the ample use of examples. I would recommend it to anyone who needs an intro to logical reasoning. I am an LSAT tutor and might even recommend that some of my students watch this course before working on their LSAT to keep their mental senses open before they read anything. Thanks Dr. Nisbett.

By Enrique M L

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Dec 15, 2020

I enjoyed a lot this course. Is an opportunity to learn about basic concepts and applications of statistics, data analysis, skills to take decisions and logic.

By Stephen d

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Mar 9, 2018

I found it very interesting. I knew some of the concepts, but it was put together in an interesting way with a congenial lecturer.

By Sabikun A H

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Sep 6, 2020

Good course. Relates on a lot of topic. Psychology majors may benefit specially if they're just starting their psychology course.

By Gao X

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Aug 30, 2020

Quite innovative and interesting which makes me reflect on the essence of the science study

By André R S

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Jan 6, 2020

Good to recall some logics, statistics and human behaviours biases that we tend to forget.

By pradeep v

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Mar 14, 2021

Small and beautiful. For more, I think the book used for this course should be read.

By Roberto

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Nov 27, 2020

Interesting topics, easily transferable to everyday life. Recommend the book too.

By Salvador M

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Dec 23, 2018

Really interesting and useful to get better decisions in the future, I hope ;)

By Prabhakar

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May 27, 2017

Very nice course with real life examples, where one needs to think critically.

By Abdullah A

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Jun 25, 2020

it's so great and surprising, but, for my age (17), needs more explanation

By Abhimanyu K

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Apr 11, 2020

Nice course. Basic knowledge of decision making and some basic statistics

By Tania T

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May 18, 2020

Great videos and cover a reasonable range of critical thinking theories.

By Fhuad B

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Jul 4, 2019

Great teachings and I like the way he chooses the words he uses.

By Chidube V E

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Aug 20, 2020

A phenomenal course presented in digestible bits. Brilliant!

By Jasmin A

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Nov 10, 2018

Very interesting course I just found it to be dry at times

By John N H Y M

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Jun 10, 2018

the book should be available More simplicity will be good

By Meshal A N A

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Apr 16, 2019

Excellent instructor. Course is full of examples

By Bhavesh L

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Jul 2, 2020

Excellent content with such a experienced tutor

By Kadambeswaran B

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Oct 4, 2020

good overview with good examples

By Stefano E

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Mar 1, 2019

Interesting course.

By Aikaterini T

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Dec 31, 2020

I really like it

By Edward A

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Aug 30, 2018

great... easy to

By Om G

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Apr 20, 2020

Great course 👍

By Samuel C

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Sep 25, 2017

Great content

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