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Expert Political Judgment : How Good Is It? How Can We Know? /

The intelligence failures surrounding the invasion of Iraq dramatically illustrate the necessity of developing standards for evaluating expert opinion. This book fills that need. Here, Philip E. Tetlock explores what constitutes good judgment in predicting future events, and looks at why experts are...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tetlock, Philip E. (Philip Eyrikson), 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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