Description: Expert Political Judgment : How Good Is It? How Can We Know?, Paperback by Tetlock, Philip E., ISBN 0691175977, ISBN-13 9780691175973, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK
Since its original publication, Expert Political Judgment by New York Times bestselling author Philip Tetlock has established itself as a contemporary classic in the literature on evaluating expert opinion.
Tetlock first discusses arguments about whether the world is too complex for people to find the tools to understand political phenomena, let alone predict the future. He evaluates predictions from experts in different fields, comparing them to predictions by well-informed laity or those based on simple extrapolation from current trends. He goes on to analyze which styles of thinking are more successful in forecasting. Classifying thinking styles using Isaiah Berlins prototypes of the fox and the hedgehog, Tetlock contends that the fox--the thinker who knows many little things, draws from an eclectic array of traditions, and is better able to improvise in response to changing events--is more successful in predicting the future than the hedgehog, who knows one big thing, toils devotedly within one tradition, and imposes formulaic solutions on ill-defined problems. He notes a perversely inverse relationship between the best scientific indicators of good judgement and the qualities that the media most prizes in pundits--the single-minded determination required to prevail in ideological combat.
Clearly written and impeccably researched, th fills a huge void in the literature on evaluating expert opinion. It will appeal across many academic disciplines as well as to corporations seeking to develop standards for judging expert decision-making. Now with a new preface in which Tetlock discusses the latest research in the field, th explores what constitutes good judgment in predicting future events and looks at why experts are often wrong in their forecasts.
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Book Title: Expert Political Judgment : How Good Is It? How Can We Know?
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?-New Edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Government
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 539 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Philip E. Tetlock
Subject Area: Social Psychology
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
