How did that individual make that perceptual decision?

How did they do that?

The study by DiDiodato and McAthur describes work to improve the care of patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. They compare length of stay of patients after the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme that was initially led by an infectious diseasetrained pharmacist and then transitioned to a ward-based pharmacist. To estimate the impact on length of ...

Before You Make That Big Decision… Hbr.org

THANKS TO a slew of popular new books, many executives today realize how biases can distort reasoning in business. Confi rmation bias, for instance, leads people to ignore evidence that contradicts their preconceived notions. Anchoring causes them to weigh one piece of information too heavily in making decisions; loss aversion makes them too cautious. In our experience, however, awareness of th...

How Far Did That Fly Ball Travel (Redux)?

A couple of years ago, one of us wrote a ProGuestus article entitled "How Far Did That Fly Ball Travel?". The article posed the question: How well does the initial velocity vector (speed and angles) determine the landing point of a fly ball? Utilizing HITf/x data for the initial velocity and ESPN Home Run Tracker for the landing point and hang time, it was determined that the initial velocity v...

A World Full of Computers: How Did That Happen?

This paper argues in favor of more national and global histories of computing, describes the author’s current research, and presents preliminary findings about the global diffusion of IT with particular emphasis on developments in the pan-Atlantic community of North America and Europe from to 1940s to 2000. The author introduces a new model for dating events in the diffusion of computing.

THE BIG IDEA Before You Make That Big Decision