| Autor: |
Mielicki MK; Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University., Fitzsimmons CJ; Department of Psychology, University of North Florida., Schiller LK; Department of Human Development, Teachers College, Columbia University., Scheibe D; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University., Taber JM; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University., Sidney PG; Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky., Matthews PG; Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison., Waters EA; Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis., Coifman KG; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University., Thompson CA; Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of experimental psychology. Applied [J Exp Psychol Appl] 2023 Sep; Vol. 29 (3), pp. 529-543. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 03. |
| DOI: |
10.1037/xap0000456 |
| Abstrakt: |
Visual displays, such as icon arrays and risk ladders, are often used to communicate numerical health information. Number lines improve reasoning with rational numbers but are seldom used in health contexts. College students solved ratio problems related to COVID-19 (e.g., number of deaths and number of cases) in one of four randomly assigned conditions: icon arrays, risk ladders, number lines, or no accompanying visual display. As predicted, number lines facilitated performance on these problems-the number line condition outperformed the other visual display conditions, which did not perform any better than the no visual display condition. In addition, higher performance on the health-related ratio problems was associated with higher COVID-19 worry for oneself and others, higher perceptions of COVID-19 severity, and higher endorsement of intentions to engage in preventive health behaviors, even when controlling for baseline math skills. These findings have important implications for effectively presenting health statistics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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