Click above to listen to Part 4 of Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality, featuring Charles Wheelan, Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, Dartmouth College, and author of “Naked Statistics”, explaining why people have trouble grasping statistical probabilities.
Skeptic Check: Worrier Mentality:
Part 1: Lise Johnson / Common Worries
Part 2: Eric Chudler / Concern Control
Part 3: Willie Turner / Fear of Flying
Part 4: Charles Wheelan / Probability Problem
Part 5: David Robson / Intelligence Trap
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