Well-designed visual aids improve risk understanding
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - 15:42
in Health & Medicine
Informed decision making depends on the ability to accurately evaluate and understand information about risk, suggests a new study. A state-of-the-science review of the literature concludes that visual aids are beneficial for diverse people with different levels of numeracy and graph literacy. The study identifies five categories of practical, evidence-based guidelines for the evaluation and design of visual aids.