Research Catalog

Title

A science of decision making : the legacy of Ward Edwards / edited by Jie W. Weiss and David J. Weiss.

Author

Edwards, Ward, 1927-2005.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Weiss, Jie W.
• Weiss, David J.

Description

xx, 511 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"Ward Edwards is well known as the father of behavioral decision making. In this book, 29 of Ward Edwards's most important published papers are reprinted, a selection that spans six decades, allowing the reader to see how this creative thinker generated many of the ideas that are now core beliefs among current researchers." "It is perhaps less well known that Edwards continued to make substantial contributions during the years after his retirement. Illness reduced his public appearances, but he continued his incisive thinking behind the scenes. At the time of his passing, he was involved in several projects, and seven new papers from these projects were completed for this book by his last set of collaborators."--Jacket.

Subject

• Edwards, Ward, 1927-2005
• Edwards, Ward, 1927-2005
• Psychology > Research > Methodology
• Psychology > Statistical methods
• Psychometrics
• Decision making
• Psychology > methods
• Decision Making
• Psychology, Experimental > methods
• Psychometrics
• Research Design
• Statistics as Topic > methods
• decision making
• Besluitvorming
• Psychologische aspecten
• Entscheidungsfindung
• Entscheidung
• Psychologie
• Forschung
• Methode
• Entscheidungstheorie

Genre/Form

Collected Work

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Papers on Behavioral Decision Theory -- 1. : The theory of decision making / W. Edwards -- 2. : Behavioral decision theory / W. Edwards -- 3. : Probability learning in 1000 trials / W. Edwards -- 4. : Dynamic decision theory and probabilistic information processing / W. Edwards -- 5. : Subjective probabilities inferred from decisions / W. Edwards -- 6. : Conservatism in a simple probability inference task / L.D. Phillips, & W. Edwards -- 7. : JUDGE: A laboratory evaluation / L.W. R. MillerJ. Kaplan, & W. Edwards -- 8. : Bayesian and regression models of human information processing: A myopic perspective / W. Edwards -- 9. : Choices among bets by Las Vegas gamblers: Absolute and contextual effects / D.G. Fryback & W. Edwards -- 10. : Hailfinder: Tools for and experiences with Bayesian normative modeling / W. Edwards -- II. Papers on Statistics and Methodology -- 11. : Costs and payoffs are instructions / W. Edwards -- 12. : Bayesian statistical inference for psychological research / W. Edwards, H. Lindman, & L.J. Savage -- 13. : Tactical note on the relation between scientific and statistical hypotheses / W. Edwards -- 14. : Boredom-induced changes in preferences among bets / P. Slovic, S. Lichtensen & W. Edwards -- 15. : Human cognitive capabilities, representativeness, and ground rules for research / W. Edwards -- 16. : Costs and payoffs in perceptual research / von D. Winterfeldt, & W. Edwards -- 17. : Murder and (of?) the likelihood principle: A trialogue / W. Edwards, Schum D., & R.L. Winkler -- 18. : A mean for all seasons / D.J. Weiss, & W. Edwards -- 19. : The clinical significance decision / J.W. Weiss, W. Edwards, & D.J. Weiss -- 20. : The measurement of behavior: Indices and standards / D.J. Weiss, W. Edwards, & J. Shanteau -- III. Papers on Diagnosis -- 21. : Subjective probabilities in medical diagnosis / D. H. Gustafson, W. Edwards, L. D. Phillips, & W. V. Slack -- 22. : N = 1: Diagnosis in unique cases / W.Edwards -- 23. :Divide and conquer: how to use likelihood and value judgments in decision making / W.Edwards -- 24. : Likelihood ratios as a measure of the diagnostic usefulness of excretory urogram information / J. R. Thornbury, D. Fryback G., & W. Edwards -- 25. : Diagnosis and treatment / J. Shanteau, W. Edwards, & D. J. Weiss -- IV. Papers on Multiattribute Utility -- 26. : Public values: Multi-attribute utility measurement for social decision making / P.C. Gardiner, & W. Edwards -- 27. : How to use multiattribute utility measurement for social decision making / W. Edwards -- 28. : Multiattribute utility measurement: Evaluating desegregation plans in a highly political context / W. Edwards -- 29. : Evaluating credit applications: A validation of multiattribute utility weight elicitation techniques / W.G. F. Stillwell, H. Barron, & W. Edwards -- 30. : SMARTS and SMARTER: Improved simple methods for multiattribute utility measurement / W. Edwards & F. H. Barron -- 31. : Decision technology / W. Edwards, & B. Fasolo -- 32. : The puzzle of adolescent substance initiation / J. W. Weiss, W. Edwards, & M. Mouttapa -- 33. : Big decisions, little decisions: The hierarchy of everyday life / J. W. D. Weiss J. Weiss, & W. Edwards -- 34. : The clinical decision tree of oral health in geriatrics / . J. Bauer, S. Spackman, & W. Edwards -- 35. :. Why is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? / D. J. Weiss, W. Edwards, & J. W. Weiss -- V. Obituaries -- 36. : Obituary / Dennis G. Fryback -- 37. : Obituary / Lawrence D. Phillips -- 38. : Obituary / David J. Weiss & James Shanteau.

ISBN

• 9780195322989
• 0195322983

LCCN

2008015124

OCLC

• ocn225088318
• 225088318
• SCSB-1498185

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library