Hypothesis Testing
Have you used analysis of competing hypotheses (ACH)? Can you think of a recent decision at work or home in which using a SACH matrix might have helped you decide? Use an ACH matrix to choose between two open positions you have saved on your favorite job announcement app. Does ACH help you keep your bias from the process and make it more objective? Or did it only show you that there is one more attractive position for reasons you had not articulated before you undertook your analysis? Now you know what they are; even if your ACH shoots it down, you may still want it. Even if ACH does not eliminate bias, when applied to personal decisions, it can at least reveal what they are. Acknowledgment is half the battle against irrational decision-making.
Source: CodeEmporium, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx-pcQAPvoc
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