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Budgett, Stephanie; Pfannkuch, Maxine – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2016
This report summarises the research activities and findings from the TLRI-funded project entitled "Visualising Chance: Learning Probability Through Modelling." This exploratory study was a 2-year collaboration among two researchers, two conceptual software developers/interactive graphics experts, three university lecturers/practitioners,…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Mathematical Models, Computer Software
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Waters, Erika A.; Weinstein, Neil D.; Colditz, Graham A.; Emmons, Karen M. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2007
Laypeople tend to be overly sensitive to side effects of treatments that prevent illness, possibly leading them to refuse beneficial therapies. This Internet-based study attempted to reduce such side effect aversion by adding graphic displays to the numerical risk probabilities. It also explored whether graphics reduce side effect aversion by…
Descriptors: Probability, Medical Services, Risk, Cancer