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Decisions: Studying and Supporting People Facing Hard Choices

byBaruch Fischhoff

Decision scientist Baruch Fischhoff distills decades of research on how people make consequential choices under uncertainty. He examines decisions involving health, money, risk, public policy, and personal life, explaining how experts can communicate evidence without manipulating or overwhelming the people they hope to help. The book emphasizes that good support begins by understanding what decision-makers know, value, and find difficult rather than assuming they are irrational. Fischhoff offers a rigorous framework for presenting options, testing communications, respecting autonomy, and designing institutions that help people make choices consistent with their own informed priorities.

Publisher

MIT Press

Publication date

2025

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780262553162