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Human Error, published in 1991, is a major theoretical integration of several previously isolated literatures. Particularly important is the identification of cognitive processes common to a wide variety of error types. Technology has now reached a point where improved safety ca…
Modern technology has now reached a point where improved safety can only be achieved through a better understanding of human error mechanisms. In its treatment of major accidents, the book spans the disciplinary gulf between psychological theory and those concerned with maintain…
"Standardized testing is used for diagnosis, selection, and measuring of achievement in many social fields, including psychology, education, employment, and professional credentialing. Its benefits are numerous and substantial but are not well articulated or well publicized. Mea…
"Standardized testing bears the twin burden of controversy and complexity and is difficult for many to understand either dispassionately or technically. In response to this reality, Richard P. Phelps and a team of well-noted measurement specialists describe the current state of …
Through hard experience mathematicians have learned to subject even the most 'evident' assertions to rigorous scrutiny, as intuition and facile reasoning can often be misleading. However, errors can slip past the most watchful eye, they are often subtle and difficult to detect; …
Convicted but innocent: wrongful conviction and public policy.
This book addresses specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions, and their implications for society. It provides detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wrongful conviction & recommendations for reducing their occurrence.
Journalist Kathryn Schulz "explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships." She claims that "error is both a given and a gift--one that can transform our worldviews, our relationships, …
Being wrong: adventures in the margin of error
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"In Being Wrong, journalist Kathryn Schulz explores why we find it so gratifying to be right and so maddening to be mistaken, and how this attitude toward error corrodes relationships--whether between family members, colleagues, neighbors, or nations. Along the way, she takes us…
Robert Hartley uses case studies of major companies such as IBM, Sears and Harley Davidson, to explain how to analyse the marketing strategies and outcomes of a variety of corporations.
Geschiedenis van bedrog en zelfbedrog in het natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek.
"The readership will include maintenance engineering staff and safety officers and all those in responsible roles in critical and systems-reliant environments, including transportation, nuclear and conventional power, extractive and other chemical processing and manufacturing in…