Science & Math
mobi |eng | 2014-11-18 | Author:William H. Frey

Some of the trends spurring these shifts were suggested in the 1990s.20 One is the continued decline in segregation in southern areas that are magnets for both blacks and whites ...
( Category: Sociology December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2014-02-10 | Author:Nicholas Epley [Epley, Nicholas]

TOO MUCH FROM TOO LITTLE Brilliant statisticians can look stupid when they conduct analyses on incomplete data. Four days before the 1936 U.S. presidential election, having polled 2.4 million Americans, ...
( Category: Psychology & Counseling December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-07-15 | Author:Lee G. Bolman & Terrence E. Deal

As the Agency Is As It Might Become A maze A well-oiled wheel Wet noodle Oak tree Aggregation of competing tribes Symphony orchestra Three-ring circus Championship team An unsolvable puzzle ...
( Category: Management & Leadership December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Jim Davies [Davies, Jim]

6 OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL BIASES We evolved to survive and flourish in the world we happen to live in. But during the course of our lifetimes, we also learn to deal ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2004-09-06 | Author:Clayton M. Christensen & Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth [Christensen, Clayton M.]

Regional Manufacturers Could Have the Edge in Competitive Battles Bombardier and Embraer knew the rewards would be great if they could increase the size and range of their jets. So ...
( Category: Management & Leadership December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2014-05-19 | Author:Joseph T. Hallinan [Hallinan, Joseph T.]

Superstition Breeds Confidence AND that, in a nutshell, is the chief value of superstition—it helps us hold on. Whenever we find ourselves buffeted by doubt and uncertainty, a belief in ...
( Category: Psychology December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2010-06-24 | Author:Sam Wang & Sandra Aamodt

Chapter 17 DID I PACK EVERYTHING? ANXIETY We’re not trying to make you nervous, but the truth is that being too relaxed can kill you. In a world filled with ...
( Category: Parenting December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2014-05-28 | Author:Cesar Brea

Figure 10.1 Managing Bias Checklist Some discussion questions: • Take the scorecard to the next three or four meetings you go to. What biases do you observe? • What’s behind ...
( Category: Marketing & Sales December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-11-23 | Author:Sue Annis Hammond

Describe an incident when you or someone you know went the extra mile to provide the customer what they really wanted when they wanted it. What made that possible? What ...
( Category: Research December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2012-10-15 | Author:Ian H. Robertson

Survival, evasion, resistance, escape It was 26 October 1967. There was a blaze of lights on the plane’s control panel and an electronic howl of warning telling the pilot that ...
( Category: Personal Finance December 2,2017 )
mobi, pdf |eng | 2015-07-30 | Author:Jon Elster

14 Rationality and behavior Ignoring the costs of decision making The idea of rationality has a strong normative appeal. We want to have reasons – desires and beliefs in light ...
( Category: Philosophy December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2013-01-07 | Author:Gary Shapiro [Shapiro, Gary]

Chapter Eight Innovate or Die THE NINJA GOES INTO battle with few weapons and few resources. He cannot rely on greater numbers or superior firepower because the enemy will have ...
( Category: Processes & Infrastructure December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2016-04-18 | Author:John Brockman

9 The Gene-Centric View: A Conversation Richard Dawkins & J. Craig Venter [January 23, 2008] Introduction by John Brockman It’s not every day you have Richard Dawkins and Craig Venter ...
( Category: Evolution December 2,2017 )
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2014-01-27 | Author:The Economist

Figure 6.1 The mean ±1.96 standard deviation Confidence Confidence levels There is 95% confidence that: sample mean = population mean ± [1.96 × (population standard deviation ÷ sample size)] or, ...
( Category: Education & Reference December 2,2017 )
mobi |eng | 2016-01-11 | Author:Adam Steltzner & William Patrick

Chapter 8 THE LEAST UNACCEPTABLE SOLUTION As I was wrapping up my initial work on MER, my stock was pretty high at JPL. I was asked to consult for the ...
( Category: Astronomy & Space Science December 2,2017 )