| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 302 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Innumeracy in the Wild -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. Introduction -- 1. The Types and Extent of Innumeracy -- II. The Objectively Innumerate -- 2 Innumeracy, Incomprehension, and Inconsistency -- 3 Reliance on Heuristics and Concrete, Easy-to-Evaluate Attributes -- 4 Feelings and Frames -- III. The Habits of the Highly Numerate -- 5 Thinking Harder with Numbers -- 6 The Highly Numerate Understand the Feel of Numbers -- 7. Numeric Sensitivity and Consistent Use of Numbers -- 8 Numerically Imperfect Reasoning Among the Highly Numerate -- |
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IV. Objective Numeracy, Life Outcomes, and Research Issues and Opportunities -- 9 Numeracy's Secret Connection with Life Outcomes -- 10 Issues and Opportunities in Objective Numeracy Research -- V. The Emergence of Number Understanding -- 11 The Approximate Number System (ANS) and Discriminating Magnitudes -- 12 Genetics and Formal Education -- VI. Two Additional Ways of Knowing Numbers -- 13. Discriminating Numbers Allows for Better Decisions -- 14. Subjective Numeracy and Knowing What You Know -- VII. Numbers Are Just Numbers: The Impotence of Data Versus the Power of Information -- |
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15. Evidence-Based Information Presentation Matters -- 16. Provide Numbers but Reduce Cognitive Effort -- 17. Provide Evaluative Meaning and Direct Attention -- VIII. Becoming More Numerate -- 18. Training Numeracy -- 19. Reflections on Numeracy and the Power of Reasoning Numerically -- Appendix -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
"Innumeracy in the Wild explains how numeric ability supports the quality of the decisions we make and, ultimately, the life outcomes we experience. It dissects three ways that people can be good or bad with numbers and how each of these numeric competencies matter to decision making. Furthermore, it delves into how we can use this knowledge to improve decision making. Understanding the roles of numeric ability (often called numeracy) is particularly important today due to widespread innumeracy. In addition, policies in health and financial domains have shifted towards giving consumers and patients more information (which is often numeric). These changes are intended to empower individuals to take charge of their own welfare. The evidence is clear, however, that not everybody is prepared to use this information effectively and that those who are less numerate tend to make worse decisions unless provided adequate support. The book discusses four main points: the complex and systematic psychological mechanisms that underlie objective numeracy's effects in judgment and decision making; the importance of numeracy to experiencing positive life outcomes especially in health and finances; the decision-making support provided by two additional ways of knowing and using numbers; and the methods that exploit existing evidence and enable those who are less comfortable with numbers to use them more effectively and make better choices in our complex, often numeric world"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2020) |
| Subject |
Decision making.
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Numeracy -- Social aspects
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Decision Making
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decision making.
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Decision making
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Numeracy -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019052801 |
| ISBN |
9780197519677 |
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0197519679 |
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9780190861100 |
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019086110X |
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0190861118 |
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9780190861117 |
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