ArticleRoyal Society open science2023
The effects of communicating uncertainty around statistics, on public trust.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Engaging with uncertainty when engagement is uncertain.Frontiers in bioinformatics · 2026Article
- Hedging, ambiguity, and the rejection of misinformation: evidence from Chinese readers.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Uncertainty communication, trust and health promotion.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
- An agenda for science communication research and practice.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Fostering trustworthy information: countering disinformation when there are no bare facts.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Narrative visualizations: Depicting accumulating risks and increasing trust in data.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2025Article
- Building public trust in preparation for future health shocks: a research agenda.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- The effects of communicating uncertainty around statistics, on public trust.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Uncertainty around statistics is inevitable. However, communicators of uncertain statistics, particularly in high-stakes and potentially political circumstances, may be concerned that presenting uncertainties could undermine the perceived trustworthiness of the information or its source. In a large survey experiment (Study 1;
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