Bias in science and communication : a field guide

• Tác giả: Matthew Brian Welsh
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0750313117
• ISBN-13: 978-0750313124
• ISBN-13: 978-0750313131
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 501 Philosophy and theory
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, 2018
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (various pagings) : , color illustrations.
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 160789
• Chủ đề: 1. Communication in science--Social aspects; 2. Objectivity; 3. Science--Philosophy; 4. Science--Social aspects; 5. Science - general issues; 6. SCIENCE / General

Includes bibliographical references.

Tóm tắt

Bias is a natural outcome of our thinking patterns. The nature of our cognitive processes leads to inherent limitations, resulting in predictable biases in both our own judgements and the interpretation of our communications by the public, by policymakers and even other scientists. This book will introduce the concept of biases arising from cognitive limitations and tendencies with a focus of the implications of this for scientists in particular. It begins with an initial quiz designed to demonstrate key biases--allowing readers to look back at the responses that they provided prior to reading about specific biases and thus see, without the impact of hindsight bias, whether they were susceptible to the effects.