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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

JI

Oct 9, 2017

The professor is likable, the content is engaging and accessible, and the lessons are applicable to everyone's daily life in both personal and professional situations.

DJ

Dec 27, 2025

This is a good course on a difficult subject. I have trouble whenever I attempt to predict the future but Richard laid it out in a fashion that made it understandable. Thank you

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By Malaika F

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Nov 27, 2021

very informative course

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Nov 26, 2021

very well articulated

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Dec 27, 2018

Extremely Insightful!

By siam s

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Apr 29, 2020

a must-have course!

By Bhargav M

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Aug 23, 2019

An excellent course

By XIANG S

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Sep 18, 2017

very useful! THX!!!

By zubia i

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Nov 23, 2021

THIS WAS AWESOME !

By Toni A B

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Jan 17, 2021

Good information!!

By Andrey A

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Aug 17, 2017

Jolly good classes

By Musallam S A M

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Mar 20, 2017

Really Good Course

By Olubusola A

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Jun 8, 2020

Wonderful course!

By Sania N A

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Jul 9, 2018

excellent course!

By OSAMA J M

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Jul 4, 2024

excellent course

By Miguel A G

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Jun 5, 2022

Very interesting

By Kiran U K

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Oct 27, 2020

great instructor

By Elena S

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May 6, 2020

Excellent course

By RAFAH A A

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Jan 19, 2019

It was wonderful

By Evealis F

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Dec 22, 2024

Very Insightful

By Karol N

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Feb 4, 2023

Worth the time!

By Zaher E

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Mar 2, 2022

the best course

By Vishal P

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Nov 23, 2020

Awesome Course!

By Katarzyna P

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Jan 3, 2020

Was worth it!!

By Гаврилова Л

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Feb 28, 2021

great course!

By Berathan B

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Nov 23, 2020

thank you. :)

By Ch M

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Sep 12, 2019

mind changing