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Reckoning With Risk

Gerd Gigerenzer

Are ordinary people able to reason with risk? Detailing case histories and examples, this text presents readers with tools for understanding statistics. In so doing, it encourages us to overcome our innumeracy and empowers us to take responsibility for our own choices.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceGoogle Books: Education -> Society & CultureAward Category: Royal Society Science Book Prize -> ScienceScience & Discovery

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Royal Society Science Book PrizeMajor2003ShortlistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Ordinary people can learn to reason with risk by gaining tools for understanding statistics, overcoming innumeracy and taking responsibility for their own choices.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    40 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 58%.