Verbal probabilities: Very likely to be somewhat more confusing than numbers.
People interpret verbal expressions of probabilities (e.g. 'very likely') in different ways, yet words are commonly preferred to numbers when communicating uncertainty. Simply providing numerical translations alongside reports or text containing verbal probabilities should encourage consis...
Main Authors: | Bonnie C Wintle, Hannah Fraser, Ben C Wills, Ann E Nicholson, Fiona Fidler |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213522 |
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