Malcolm Moore, Suzanne Bain-Donohue, Molly Barry, Phillip Gray
It sounds like a good handover but can I trust it: the correlation between perceived quality and accuracy?
MedEdPublish (2016)
informed medical decision making requires comprehending statistical information aimed improve understanding conveying healthrelated statistical information graphical representations compared numerical representations first investigated whether iconicity representations ie abstractness vs concreteness affected comprehension recall statistical information second investigated whether graph literacy helps identify individuals comprehend graphical representations better numerical representations participants n 275 randomly assigned receive different representations healthrelated statistical information ranging low iconicity numbers high iconicity icon arrays including photographs comprehension recall information assessed additionally participants rated accessibility information attractiveness representation graph literacy assessed means recently developed scale difference representations affected comprehension recall difference graphics numbers actual level iconicity graphics matter individuals high graph literacy better comprehension recall presented graphics instead numbers rated graphical information accessible numerical information whereas reverse true individuals low graph literacy f4 185 260 p 04 p 05 f4 245 271 p 03 p2 04 respectively groups judged graphical representations attractive numerical representations assessment graph literacy distinguished individuals best informed graphical representations statistical information better informed numerical representations