Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment¶
Kahneman, D., Sibony, & Sunstein, C. R. (2021). Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment.
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Primes¶
- Calibration
- Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein (2021) document how calibration meetings—where managers review evaluations together against examples and agreed-upon definitions—reduce the hidden noise that comes from different mental reference points.
This sourceLittle, Brown Spark. Documents organizational judgment noise (level, pattern, occasion) and decision-hygiene practices — including calibration sessions reviewing shared examples — that align evaluator standards and reduce between-rater variance in personnel and managerial decisions.
- Kahneman, Sibony, and Sunstein (2021) document how calibration meetings—where managers review evaluations together against examples and agreed-upon definitions—reduce the hidden noise that comes from different mental reference points.
Mechanisms¶
- Domain Expert Calibration Panel
- Its failure mode is that expert judgment is itself noisy
This sourceDescribes professional judgment as vulnerable to both bias and unwanted inconsistency across decisions that should be identical.
- Its failure mode is that expert judgment is itself noisy
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