Bad Therapy offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and mind's of the profession's most famous authors, thinkers, and leaders when things aren't going so well. Jeffrey Kottler and Jon Carlson, who include their own therapy mishaps, interview twenty of the world's most famous pract…
This book offers a rare glimpse into the hearts and minds of the profession's most famous authors, thinkers, and leaders when things aren't going so well. The authors interview twenty of the world's most famous practitioners who discuss their mistakes, misjudgements, and miscalc…
Praise for A.K. Dewdney's previous book, 2000f Nothing "An entertaining, stinging expos." In today's world, 'innumeracy' is an even greater danger than illiteracy, and is perhaps even more common. I hope that this wise and witty book will provide cures where they are possible, a…
In this entertaining expose of science gone awry, the author of "200% of Nothing" tells the stories of eight notorious cases of "bad science"--Research projects that turned out to be bogus, either because of faulty methodology or faulty interpretations of results.
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…
"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…
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.
Presenting the most recent development in econometrics, the unit-root field including error correction and co-integration, this text explains statistical procedures in detail, and emphasises the results of applications.