How should risk be communicated to children: a cross-sectional study comparing different formats of probability information.

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak · 2009 · PMC2698821 · PMID 19500337

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hedged sentences

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closest p · 0.0× alpha

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boldest claim

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highly significantp < .001actually significant

The Friedman test showed a highly significant effect of format on comprehension (χ 2 = 126.61, df = 5, p < .001).

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failed to reach significancep = .53not close (p > 0.1)

Comparison between pie chart format and verbal labels failed to reach significance (z = -.63, p = .53).

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