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. 2000 Dec 22;290(5500):2261-2.
doi: 10.1126/science.290.5500.2261.

Medicine. Communicating statistical information

U Hoffrage  1 , S Lindsey, R Hertwig, G Gigerenzer
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Medicine. Communicating statistical information

U Hoffrage et al. Science. .

Abstract

Most people, experts included, have difficulties understanding and combining statistical information effectively. Hoffrage et al. demonstrate that these difficulties can be considerably reduced by communicating the information in terms of natural frequencies rather than in terms of probabilities. Several applications in medicine, legal decision-making, and education are discussed.

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  • Statistics: what seems natural?
    Butterworth B. Butterworth B. Science. 2001 May 4;292(5518):853-5. doi: 10.1126/science.292.5518.853c. Science. 2001. PMID: 11341276 No abstract available.

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