Learner Reviews & Feedback for Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age by University of Michigan
About the Course
Personal life is enriched when these same skills are applied to problems in everyday life involving judgment and choice. This course presents
basic concepts from statistics, probability, scientific methodology, cognitive psychology and cost-benefit theory and shows how they can be
applied to everything from picking one product over another to critiquing media accounts of scientific research. Concepts are defined briefly
and breezily and then applied to many examples drawn from business, the media and everyday life. What kinds of things will...
Top reviews
JM
Jul 28, 2019
This course is great! I recommend it to anyone who wants to be able to reason better and have more capabilities in making decisions. Thank you Dr. Nisbett and Coursera for providing this course.
MK
Apr 7, 2020
Anyone beginner can take this course and be 100 times more understanding of information via any media while also perhaps understanding what is the best choice in some give scenario IRL.
101 - 125 of 327 Reviews for Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age
By Vijay S
•Jul 20, 2020
Great Course
Personal life is enriched when these same skills are applied to problems in everyday life involving judgment and choice.
By Noemi G
•Mar 24, 2020
I loved every part of this course. Enlightening and easy to follow even for people who never or almost never studied these subjects.
By Anand N
•Jun 12, 2017
Great course. liked the content as it will help in making decision and understand, analyze situations problem in much better light.
By Prisanti P
•Oct 16, 2020
It's a great course suitable for everyone. The course is often bite-sized and interesting, making you want to learn more and more.
By Trevor M
•Nov 10, 2021
A great course that I would recomend to everyone. I am very honoured to have had the chance to take a course from Dr. Nisbett
By Steven B
•Apr 28, 2019
The course was very informative and paced just right. It was a light introduction to a lot of concepts that all tied together
By Ameer U A K
•Aug 24, 2024
An excellent course. A handy worksheet like describing all the principles and a small definition of them would be great too!
By Justin C
•Apr 21, 2020
Clear lecturing and interesting tests, definitely recommend anyone who would want to think better and make better decisions
By Benoît J
•Apr 17, 2023
Perfect length for an introduction, it is very enjoyable to listen to Professor Nisbett as he explains concepts with ease.
By Frank F
•Jun 3, 2020
One of the most interesting courses I have ever taken. It will change the way you read every news article and work report.
By Fahim F
•Jun 25, 2023
This is one of those courses that will help you to build up your career as well as your lifestyle. Amazing experience.
By Subrata N
•Mar 23, 2021
If one your decesion went you on wrong way don't be upset. Change your decesion and choose another path for right way.
By Luara P L
•Oct 31, 2020
Material is very easy to go through, lots of pratical examples. It will surely help me make better decisions in life.
By Md R K
•Sep 18, 2020
This is my first course on Cousera, Richard Nisbett is amazing with his course. It's been amazing learning with him.
By Leonardo A
•Apr 9, 2017
This is exactly what I needed in my field of work. Have been looking for this for several years and glad I found it.
By Mary L
•Jul 11, 2021
Hi Professor Nesbitt, Great course! I learned something new today. I highly recommend this course. Thank you. Mary
By Ali T
•Dec 23, 2024
Incredible course. Very easy to understand a plenty of examples to look back at. 10/10 will be taking more!
By Cristina C
•Aug 16, 2021
I loved this course. The instructor is very friendly and engaging and I loved all the real world examples.
By Oleksandr O
•Sep 14, 2018
Excellent course! The 6th lesson was quite difficult to get it, but others are awesome. Thank you so much!
By Dmitriy K
•Aug 16, 2022
Take the course if you want to reduce headache of making choices and stop worrying about your decisions.
By Juan F G M
•Jun 30, 2021
It is really a good start for learning Critical Thinking. I am very happy with the selection of content.
By Naz
•Mar 27, 2021
Our professor was very nice. I won't forget what I've learned. Thank you for a smooth and great course!
By Aron T B
•Nov 12, 2020
Amazing course! The content is very complete and at the same time very straightforward, very practical.
By Javier M
•Jul 1, 2020
Everyone should get this course. It's like knowing how to read and write. I must for every human being.
By Melchor S M
•Jun 4, 2019
Excellent course, the explanations by Dr. Nisbett were very clear and engaging. Highly recommended!