Owena Simpson, Clare L Bennett, Steven W Whitcombe
Student nurse retention. Lived experience of mature female students on a UK Bachelor of Nursing (Adult) programme: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
Journal of advanced nursing
humans tend systematically underestimate exponential growth perceive linear terms severe consequences variety fields recent studies attempted examine origins bias mitigate using logarithmic vs linear scale graphical representations however yielded conflicting results scale induces perceptual errors current study experiment short educational intervention examine factors modulating exponential bias graphs suggest theoretical explanation findings specifically test hypothesis scales induce misperceptions particular context addition explore effect mathematical education testing two groups participants background humanities vs formal sciences results study confirm used inadequate context scales dramatic effect interpretation visualizations representing exponential growth particular log scale leads errors graph description tasks linear scale misleads people make predictions future trajectory exponential growth second part study revealed difficulties scales reduced means short educational intervention importantly difference participants groups observed prior intervention participants better mathematical education showed stronger learning effect posttest findings study discussed light dualprocess model