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THE FAILURE OF RISK MANAGEMENT: WHY IT’S BROKEN AND HOW TO FIX IT

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Downloads for Examples and Exercises from the Book Below

The One-For-One Substitution Model

Mentioned in Chapters 4 and 11, the One-For-One Substitution Model shows how we can replace the basic heat map using purely quantitative methods. This is a complete ready to go Monte Carlo model .

Spreadsheet Examples for Measurement

This Excel sheet contains several examples listed below on measurement methods. 

Chapter 3: Controlled Experiment
Chapter 7: Irrational Belief in Small Samples (Chapter 6 First Edition)
Chapter 10: Survey Example using a Normal Distribution (Chapter 9 First Edition)
Chapter 12: Using a Beta distribution to estimate a population proportion

Additional Simulation Examples

 This Excel sheet contains the simulation tools and examples listed below.

Chapter 9:  Examples of Distributions
Chapter 10: Capital investment Monte Carlo Example (Chapter 9 First Edition)
Chapter 10: Power Law Example (Chapter 9 First Edition)
Chapters 10 and 12: Correlation in Data and R Squared (Chapter 9 First Edition)
Chapter 13: PRNG

 

Decision Analysis Examples

This Excel sheet contains several sheets about decision analysis which are listed below.

Chapter 6: Risk Tolerance
Chapter 8: Dawes Linear Model (Chapter 7 First Edition)
Chapters 10 and 11: Information Value Example (Chapter 9 First Edition)

Additional Calibration Questions

For those who need to practice with more calibration questions than were provided in the book’s appendix.

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