Making Better Decisions: Making Better Decisions introduces readers to some of the principal aspects of decision theory, and examines how these might lead us to make better decisions.

  • Introduces readers to key aspects of decision theory and examines how they might help us make better decisions
  • Presentation of material encourages readers to imagine a situation and make a decision or a judgment
  • Offers a broad coverage of the subject including major insights from several sub-disciplines: microeconomic theory, decision theory, game theory, social choice, statistics, psychology, and philosophy
  • Explains these insights informally in a language that has minimal mathematical notation or jargon, even when describing and interpreting mathematical theorems
  • Critically assesses the theory presented within the text, as well as some of its critiques
  • Includes a web resource for teachers and students

OPINION: Saving Money, Making Better Decisions - Pagosa Daily Post


OPINION: Saving Money, Making Better Decisions
Pagosa Daily Post
I want to strongly suggest that both the Town and the County board members consider a smarter, less costly, and far more fruitful approach to solving many of the issues that often result in using costly consultants and third parties.

Loomio: Making Better Decisions Remotely Possible - ReadWriteWeb


Loomio: Making Better Decisions Remotely Possible
ReadWriteWeb
By Joe Brockmeier / May 16, 2012 06:33 AM / View Comments Email, instant messaging, forums, code forges and other collaboration tools make it possible for distributed teams to get work done - but they're not great tools for making decisions.

Smoking Kills - Black Voice News


Smoking Kills
Black Voice News
Whether you're addicted to smoking or you want to know the connection between the phrase "quit smoking health benefit" or not, learning about smoking and health is important to making better decisions about smoking or might help you want to quit ...

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Time to privatize the TSA? - Fox News


Time to privatize the TSA?
Fox News
There would be incentives to have less people working, making better decisions about the insane things they do and they would have gotten the job done a lot faster. Jonas Max Ferris: It was private. They nationalized it after September 11th.

Hydro One: data analytics requires lead time, legwork - Intelligent Utility


Hydro One: data analytics requires lead time, legwork
Intelligent Utility
"We've embarked on this program to run a more effective, efficient business with the ultimate goal of making better decisions," he said. "This is where business intelligence really comes to the forefront." Hydro One began its four-phase program with ...

SAS(R) Enterprise GRC Speeds Risk Management, Compliance Decision-Making - MarketWatch (press release)


SAS(R) Enterprise GRC Speeds Risk Management, Compliance Decision-Making
MarketWatch (press release)
Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 55000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world THE POWER TO KNOW(R).

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Tiger softball bows out of playoffs with loss to MA/CA - Marshall Independent


Tiger softball bows out of playoffs with loss to MA/CA
Marshall Independent
"We got a lead in the third and fell apart defensively." Miranda Fischer took the loss, striking out five and walking seven. Ashley Stattelman stroked the lone double in the game for Marshall. "We had some players making better decisions (at the plate) ...

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Groups Urge Balance Between Censoring, Stopping Bullies - Education Week News


Groups Urge Balance Between Censoring, Stopping Bullies
Education Week News
... a conversation with parents of the student who posted the offending material. Going forward from 2005, Mr. Patchin said, “our research bears out that students who are using online tools are making better decisions and behaving more appropriately.”

Teen pregnancy rate continues fall in Knox County - Galesburg Register-Mail


Teen pregnancy rate continues fall in Knox County
Galesburg Register-Mail
“We are trying to reach students while they are still in school and trying to talk to them at an earlier age about making decisions — not just decisions about their sexual behavior, but making better decisions overall.” A federally funded grant ...

Can Social Media Ease Your Business Decisions? - Forbes


Can Social Media Ease Your Business Decisions?
Forbes
(While executives were almost evenly divided on the ease/difficulty issue, they agreed by a 3-to-1 margin that they are making better decisions today. So even if the process is harder, it's presumably worth it.) First, let's step back a moment.