Solving the Price is right : how mathematics can improve your decisions on and off the set of America's celebrated game show
(2023)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
NEW 519.2/BERGNER,J
519.2/BERGNER,J

Availability

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Details

PUBLISHED
Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2023]
DESCRIPTION

xii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781633888517, 1633888517, 9781633888517
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Key observations -- Contestant's row observations -- Contestant's row underbidding and anchoring -- Bidding, the game theoretic perspective -- Contestant's row strategy -- putting it altogether -- Showcase showdown -- The mystery of second showcase underperformance -- Showcase -- other observations -- Flow of the show -- Pricing games -- overview and role of heuristics -- Two item pricing games -- Three item pricing games -- Four item pricing games -- Price guess games -- Cash games -- Grocery games -- Small item pricing games -- Car pricing games, part 1 -- Car pricing games, part 2 -- Car plus games -- Other car games

"Solving The Price is Right is an in-depth exploration of the underlying probability theory of the popular television program that explores how biases and behavioral pitfalls limit our ability to successfully apply logic and math both on and off the show"--