Biasing and debiasing health decisions with bar graphs: Costs and benefits of graph literacy

Bar graphs can improve risk communication in medicine and health. Unfortunately, recent research has revealed that bar graphs are associated with a robust bias that can lead to systematic judgement and decision-making errors. When people view bar graphs representing means, they tend to believe that...

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Main Authors: Cokely, E.T (Author), Garcia-Retamero, R. (Author), Maldonado, A. (Author), Okan, Y. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Ltd 2018
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