Hal R. Arkes|Wolfgang Gaissmaier
Psychological Research and the Prostate-Cancer Screening Controversy
The Ohio State University|Max Planck Institute for Human Development
october 2011 us preventive services task force released draft report recommended using prostatespecific antigen psa test screen prostate cancer attempt show four factors documented psychological research help explain furor followed release task forces report factors persuasive power anecdotal opposed statistical evidence influence personal experience improper evaluation data influence low base rates efficacy screening tests suggest augmenting statistics facts boxes pictographs might help committees communicate effectively public us congress