Background Effective risk communication is essential for informed decision making.
Unfortunately, many people struggle to understand typical risk communications because …

We are all faced with uncertainty about the future, but we can get the measure of some
uncertainties in terms of probabilities. Probabilities are notoriously difficult to communicate …

We review the growing literature on health numeracy, the ability to understand and use
numerical information, and its relation to cognition, health behaviors, and medical outcomes …

Many doctors, patients, journalists, and politicians alike do not understand what health
statistics mean or draw wrong conclusions without noticing. Collective statistical illiteracy …

When making decisions, people must frequently take into account numerical information, but
not all individuals have the ability to understand and use numbers. Less numerate …

Background. Visual displays are often used to communicate important medical information
to patients. However, even the simplest graphs are not understood by everyone. Objective …

A growing number of people use the Internet to obtain health information, including
information about vaccines. Websites that allow and promote interaction among users are …

Despite evidence that individual differences in numeracy affect judgment and decision
making, the precise mechanisms underlying how such differences produce biases and …

Statistical illiteracy can have an enormously negative impact on decision making. This
volume of collected papers brings together applied and theoretical research on risks and …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the ability of six graph formats to impart knowledge about
treatment risks/benefits to low and high numeracy individuals. METHODS: Participants were …