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Make Challenging Decisions Under Uncertainty
Learn how to make challenging decisions confidently with limited information.
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Course Syllabus
Chapter 1- 1. Decision Making and Signal Detection Theory (3:44) Free
- 2. Signal Detection Decision Making in All Walks of Life (4:34)
- Quiz Chapter 1
- 3. Dissonance and Decisions (4:07)
- 4. Decisions and the Fundamental Attribution Bias (3:26)
- 5. Self-Justification And Decisions (4:17)
- Quiz Chapter 2
- 6. A Matrix of Medical Decisions (4:02)
- 7. Deciding On -The One (3:42)
- 8. Decision Making And The Two-by-Two Matrix (3:50)
- 9. A Marriage Matrix (3:16)
- Quiz Chapter 3
- 10. Money Decisions (5:32)
- 11. More Money Decisions (5:02)
- 12. Framing Financial Decisions (3:38)
- Quiz Chapter 4
- 13. Why We Make Wrong Decisions (3:51)
- 14. Decision Making With D-Prime Numbers (3:16)
- 15. D-Prime Numbers (3:36)
- 16. Methods For Decision Making (5:20)
- Quiz Chapter 5
- 17. Make Methodical Decisions (1:50)
- Final quiz
Founding Publisher, podcast host, columnist and 7-time New York Times bestselling author.
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Understand and apply the Signal Detection Theory to make decisions with limited information
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Understand the psychology of decision making
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Stop justifying bad decisions
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Understand and master decision matrixes
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Make sound financial decisions
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Know your way around decision making statistics
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Every decision you make is made with the information that is available to you. In most cases, you won’t have all of the information on hand so what happens when you need to take quick, decisive action?
This in-depth course will teach you how to make methodological, thoughtful decisions, even when you have limited information. You’ll learn strategies for using Signal Detection Theory to help you to make rational decisions that you can be confident in. Packed with expert tools for overcoming biases, flawed logic and self-justification in the instance that you do make a bad decision, this course will assist you in thinking on your feet and creating higher decision making criteria to guide your actions.
About This Course
Every decision you make is made with the information that is available to you. In most cases, you won’t have all of the information on hand so what happens when you need to take quick, decisive action?
This in-depth course will teach you how to make methodological, thoughtful decisions, even when you have limited information. You’ll learn strategies for using Signal Detection Theory to help you to make rational decisions that you can be confident in. Packed with expert tools for overcoming biases, flawed logic and self-justification in the instance that you do make a bad decision, this course will assist you in thinking on your feet and creating higher decision making criteria to guide your actions.
What You Will Learn
- How to apply the Signal Detection Theory to your decisions
- How to prevent yourself from avoiding the hard work of acknowledging a past mistake
- How to distinguish between positive and negative types of self-justification
- About the Fundamental Attribution Bias and how to avoid this mistake
- How to use the tool of a two-by-two matrix to represent possible outcomes of a decision
- How to apply Signal Detection Theory to medical decisions concerning yourself and those you love
- How to make a more informed choice when deciding who to marry
- How to make more thoughtful and knowledgeable decisions about money
- How D' numbers work and the role they play in your decision making
- Why making bad decisions is a normal, expected part of life, and how to live with them
- A twelve-step process in hand for making your next decision a more informed and thoughtful one
Why learn with Michael Shermer?
Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the host of the podcast The Michael Shermer Show, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. He spent 18 years as a columnist for Scientific American and is the author of 7 New York Times bestsellers.
Who Is This Course For?
- Business owners who need to make quick, impactful decisions every day
- Entrepreneurs who require strategies for making vital business decisions with limited information
- Freelancers wanting to enhance their decision making skills
- Business coaches wanting to add Signal Detection Theory to their toolbox
- Students wanting to learn about methodological decision making and its benefits in life and business
- Anyone wanting to make better decisions in their professional career and personal life
- All levels of experience
Requirements
- Access to Internet
- Computer / Laptop / Mobile Device
What Is Included?
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Immediate unlimited access to course materials
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30-day money-back guarantee
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Exercises and quizzes to help you put theory into practice
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English Closed Captions
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Suitable for mobile or desktop
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A badge to showcase your expertise on your profile page upon completion
This badge will appear on your Fiverr profile upon completion, showcasing your expertise
Course Syllabus
Chapter 1- 1. Decision Making and Signal Detection Theory (3:44) Free
- 2. Signal Detection Decision Making in All Walks of Life (4:34)
- Quiz Chapter 1
- 3. Dissonance and Decisions (4:07)
- 4. Decisions and the Fundamental Attribution Bias (3:26)
- 5. Self-Justification And Decisions (4:17)
- Quiz Chapter 2
- 6. A Matrix of Medical Decisions (4:02)
- 7. Deciding On -The One (3:42)
- 8. Decision Making And The Two-by-Two Matrix (3:50)
- 9. A Marriage Matrix (3:16)
- Quiz Chapter 3
- 10. Money Decisions (5:32)
- 11. More Money Decisions (5:02)
- 12. Framing Financial Decisions (3:38)
- Quiz Chapter 4
- 13. Why We Make Wrong Decisions (3:51)
- 14. Decision Making With D-Prime Numbers (3:16)
- 15. D-Prime Numbers (3:36)
- 16. Methods For Decision Making (5:20)
- Quiz Chapter 5
- 17. Make Methodical Decisions (1:50)
- Final quiz
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