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学生对 University of Michigan 提供的 Model Thinking 的评价和反馈

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课程概述

We live in a complex world with diverse people, firms, and governments whose behaviors aggregate to produce novel, unexpected phenomena. We see political uprisings, market crashes, and a never ending array of social trends. How do we make sense of it? Models. Evidence shows that people who think with models consistently outperform those who don't. And, moreover people who think with lots of models outperform people who use only one. Why do models make us better thinkers? Models help us to better organize information - to make sense of that fire hose or hairball of data (choose your metaphor) available on the Internet. Models improve our abilities to make accurate forecasts. They help us make better decisions and adopt more effective strategies. They even can improve our ability to design institutions and procedures. In this class, I present a starter kit of models: I start with models of tipping points. I move on to cover models explain the wisdom of crowds, models that show why some countries are rich and some are poor, and models that help unpack the strategic decisions of firm and politicians. The models covered in this class provide a foundation for future social science classes, whether they be in economics, political science, business, or sociology. Mastering this material will give you a huge leg up in advanced courses. They also help you in life. Here's how the course will work. For each model, I present a short, easily digestible overview lecture. Then, I'll dig deeper. I'll go into the technical details of the model. Those technical lectures won't require calculus but be prepared for some algebra. For all the lectures, I'll offer some questions and we'll have quizzes and even a final exam. If you decide to do the deep dive, and take all the quizzes and the exam, you'll receive a Course Certificate. If you just decide to follow along for the introductory lectures to gain some exposure that's fine too. It's all free. And it's all here to help make you a better thinker!...

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AA

Jun 6, 2016

Wonderful course and equally wonderful instructor. I really like how Scott builds up from a very simple model and by explaining the intuition behind how we got the math, explains the maths.

JG

Apr 7, 2018

This is a great introduction to the types and uses of models. The lectures are clear, and the examples given show good applicability to real world problems. Thanks for making it available!

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351 - Model Thinking 的 375 个评论（共 507 个）

创建者 María J d P R

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Jun 25, 2021

Would take it again

创建者 Dzmitry P

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May 22, 2019

I like this course.

创建者 Pradeep S

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May 14, 2019

Excellent course !!

创建者 Neil M

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Apr 8, 2022

Packed with wisdom

创建者 Bishu G

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Dec 9, 2020

Exceptional course

创建者 Jose J L

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Dec 29, 2018

Outstanding Course

创建者 Javier G

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Sep 16, 2020

Excellent course!

创建者 YU Y

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Oct 18, 2017

Excellent course.

创建者 IVO R D S

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Aug 1, 2017

Curso perfeito!!!

创建者 Deleted A

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Nov 16, 2015

Simply excellent!

创建者 CMdeCarli

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Dec 22, 2021

Very good vourse

创建者 sourik p

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Aug 24, 2021

very good course

创建者 Marco A P M

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Jun 6, 2019

excellent course

创建者 okoli l

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Aug 9, 2016

Awesome Neh!!!!!

创建者 Vishnu R

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Mar 17, 2016

Excellent course

创建者 ADRIANO A

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Dec 28, 2015

Great Course !!!

创建者 Tsvetan I

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Mar 29, 2020

Exceptional +++

创建者 Kirakosyan M

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Jun 21, 2019

Very intersting

创建者 Rishi A

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Oct 12, 2015

Amazing Course.

创建者 José L P

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Mar 17, 2024

Life changing!

创建者 Tim D

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Jun 8, 2023

Useful course.

创建者 Chris B

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Feb 17, 2018

A great course

创建者 Matias H

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Jan 9, 2016

Great teacher!

创建者 ZHENG Z

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Jan 28, 2024

So inspiring!

创建者 cgcba007

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Jun 25, 2020

利用模型来替代不可靠的直觉