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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

JM

Jul 28, 2019

This course is great! I recommend it to anyone who wants to be able to reason better and have more capabilities in making decisions. Thank you Dr. Nisbett and Coursera for providing this course.

MK

Apr 7, 2020

Anyone beginner can take this course and be 100 times more understanding of information via any media while also perhaps understanding what is the best choice in some give scenario IRL.

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By Augusto F P M

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Apr 14, 2020

Excellent Course, It make you think better than before, make better decisions!

By Michał K

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Mar 24, 2019

Terrific! I strongly reccomend for everybody who is eager to think accurately.

By Nataliia D

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Nov 26, 2020

important course with lots of examples. will definately help in everyday life

By irfan a

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Dec 5, 2020

was an awesome course. inspiring topic by an expert lecturer. thanks a lot!

By Elena S

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May 25, 2020

It is told simply about complicated things with a loy of practical examples

By Leonid

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Nov 19, 2019

It's very actual and always actual information for each reflective person.

By Deleted A

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Jul 15, 2021

Super informative and clear. everyone who are living these days needs it!

By Kristine N S

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Jun 6, 2020

I really enjoyed the course. It made me rethink how I make decisions.

By Michael N

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Jun 22, 2017

A great course. High learning to time invested ratio. Well presented.

By osmart a

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Jan 23, 2021

beautiful

gives you a new and refreshing perspective on human nature

By Silvia C

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Nov 15, 2020

Excellent course! I strongly agree that it is useful for everybody!

By Pratyush A

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Jul 16, 2020

Good course. Instructor is amazing. 90% examples, very little math.

By Moldir B

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Jul 6, 2020

I hope now I will do better decisions in terms of critical thinking

By Moweaqua O

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Jun 29, 2020

Anyone should take this course, it applies to all aspects of life.

By Agostino P

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Jun 16, 2019

Excellent! a must-do and mind-blowing course, suggested to anyone!

By Ajay R

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Oct 3, 2020

High Utility

Well communicated (good stories)

practical concepts

By Sebastian G

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Nov 9, 2020

Very well training. Organized and very clear. Great Instructor!

By ashish a

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May 4, 2023

One of the most wonderful, coherent and informational courses

By Kang Z

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Apr 28, 2017

Great course. Mini size but still can makes a change to you.

By Lim K B J

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Jul 29, 2024

One of the better course on critical thinking. Thank you !

By Deleted A

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Sep 21, 2020

One of the most important courses I've taken...on purpose.

By Hasan R C

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Feb 16, 2019

Very helpful on decision making and statictical analysis.

By Ihor Y

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Jun 14, 2019

Pretty good course. Showed me some errors I usually do.

By adrian e n

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Jun 20, 2022

Excelente curso de introduccion al pensamiento critico

By Kurt H

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Jun 4, 2020

It was very helpful and I learned a great deal. Bravo!