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About the Course

Most professions these days require more than general intelligence. They require in addition the ability to collect, analyze and think about data. Personal life is enriched when these same skills are applied to problems in everyday life involving judgment and choice. This course presents basic concepts from statistics, probability, scientific methodology, cognitive psychology and cost-benefit theory and shows how they can be applied to everything from picking one product over another to critiquing media accounts of scientific research. Concepts are defined briefly and breezily and then applied to many examples drawn from business, the media and everyday life. What kinds of things will you learn? Why it’s usually a mistake to interview people for a job. Why it’s highly unlikely that, if your first meal in a new restaurant is excellent, you will find the next meal to be as good. Why economists regularly walk out of movies and leave restaurant food uneaten. Why getting your picture on the cover of Sports Illustrated usually means your next season is going to be a disappointment. Why you might not have a disease even though you’ve tested positive for it. Why you’re never going to know how coffee affects you unless you conduct an experiment in which you flip a coin to determine whether you will have coffee on a given day. Why it might be a mistake to use an office in a building you own as opposed to having your office in someone else’s building. Why you should never keep a stock that’s going down in hopes that it will go back up and prevent you from losing any of your initial investment. Why it is that a great deal of health information presented in the media is misinformation....

Top reviews

SG

Jul 21, 2017

I really love the course, and I have recommended it to all my friends. The course helped me to think more clearly and avoid cognitive biases.

SA

May 14, 2018

The activities and lectures were really interesting. This is the first course that i started and completed on Coursera. So I'm super excited.

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By patrick k

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Jan 16, 2023

An excellent and fascinating course!

By 陈帅宇

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Jan 13, 2023

Nice, I become a smarter person now.

By PAULO R Z R

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Sep 16, 2022

Great content and great instructor!

By Yessica L G H

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Sep 28, 2021

Excellent course, clear explanation.

By Karel S

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Apr 17, 2020

Great course. Recommend to everyone.

By Lisa D S

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Jul 23, 2022

Very informative! I learned a lot.

By Maxim A

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Aug 23, 2025

MUST take course for senior leader

By Radia A R

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Sep 26, 2020

Very interesting and informative.

By Elena

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Jul 25, 2020

Was useful and very interesting !

By Lejla V

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Apr 27, 2020

Everyone should take this course!

By Linda D P

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Sep 17, 2019

Informational short 4 week class

By Sheja A A

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Nov 14, 2023

really nice course. I might redo

By Hugo W

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Sep 10, 2021

The rest of your life begins NOW

By Evangeline

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Apr 4, 2019

very useful. Critical Thinking.

By Haider A

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Oct 4, 2020

Interesting and useful course!

By Jamoladdin O

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Jun 30, 2020

Good course, very informative.

By Jorge K

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Aug 28, 2020

useful and practica knowledge

By Alixan X

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Jul 4, 2020

Thank you, professor Nisbett.

By KABIR P

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Jun 12, 2020

Highly useful tilps. Thanks.

By David M

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Jan 14, 2022

Great life changing course

By Faisal F A A T

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Oct 4, 2021

الشكر الكثير على هذا الدورة

By Nanika

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Mar 17, 2020

This course was very good

By Bugra

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Feb 13, 2022

Great and usefull course

By Ashwin K

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Jul 28, 2020

Beautifully done course.

By Иванов Н И

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May 18, 2020

Interesting and usefull!