Rationale / HypothesisPublished last year, by A. Freeman
Investigating the effects of the format that numbers are presented in, on people’s perception of the risk of dying from COVID-19
This Hypothesis/Theoretical Rationale is based on work published in: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201721
Several studies have shown that the format in which numbers are presented, such as percentages (e.g. 0.5%), natural frequencies (e.g. 5 in...
Rationale / HypothesisPublished last year, by A. Freeman, J. Kerr, G. Recchia, S. Dryhurst, C. Schneider, A. Lawrence
Finding out what the public already know, and want to know, about their personal risks from COVID-19
This Hypothesis/Theoretical rationale is based on work published in: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201721
One method of approaching risk communication is the ‘mental models’ approach, whereby researchers use both qualitative and quantitative methods to build...