TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE INCOME DISTRIBUTION Think you know it all? A good deal of decision-making research centers around people’s abilities to make accurate estimates and inferences. Those who like to test their knowledge might be interested in this fun video game / Web experiment put together by Decision Science News and Lionel Page. […]
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OPT-IN TO OPIM The OPIM Department at the Wharton School is home to faculty with a diverse set of interests in decision-making, information technology, information strategy, operations management, and operations research. We are seeking applications for tenure-track positions starting in the 2009-2010 academic year. Applicants must have the potential for excellence in research and teaching […]
INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT AMONG STUDENTS Columbia University’s Eric Johnson and Elke Weber have created Teachers4Turnout, a Web site / classroom activity to encourage voting among students. Check it out at http://www.teachers4turnout.org. Here’s how they describe it: The upcoming election is important to us, but even more important to our students. Decisions made by those officials […]
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BANK FAILURE AND BLACK SWANS Fully aware of the Nostradamus effect and every “cognitive fallacy” under the sun, Decision Science News does have to hand it to Nassim Taleb for warning about the domino effect we’re now seeing in banking. Globalization creates interlocking fragility, while reducing volatility and giving the appearance of stability. In other […]
