Part C

Numbers

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• Fagerlin, A., & Peters, E. (2011). Quantitative information. In B. Fischhoff, N. T. Brewer, & J. S. Downs (Eds.), Communicating risks and benefits: An evidence-based users’ guide (pp. 53-64). Silver Spring, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration.
• Fagerlin, A., Zickmund-Fisher, B., & Ubel, P. (2011). Helping patients decide: Ten steps to better risk communication. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 103(19), 1436-1443.
• Gigerenzer, G., Gaissmaier, W., Kurz-Milcke, E., Schwartz, L., & Woloshin, S. (2008). Helping doctors and patients make sense of health statistics. Psychological Sciences in the Public Interest, 8(2), 53-96.
• Harp, S.F. & Mayer, R.E. (1997). The role of interest in learning from scientific text and illustrations: On the distinction between emotional interest and cognitive interest. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(1), 92-102.
• Lipkus, I., & Peters, E. (2009). Understanding the role of numeracy in public health: proposed theoretical framework and practical insights. Health Education and Behavior, 36(6), 1065-1081.
• Mayer, R.E., Heiser, J., & Lonn, S. (2011). Cognitive constraints on multimedia learning: When presenting more material results in less understanding. Journal of Educational Psychology. 93(1), 187-198.
• Nelson, D. E., Hesse, B. W., & Croyle, R. T. (2009). Making data talk: Communicating public health data to the public, policy makers, and the press. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Peters, E., Dieckmann, N., Västfjäll, D., Slovic, P., & Hibbard, J. (2009). Bringing meaning to numbers: The impact of evaluative categories on decisions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15, 213-227.
• Reyna, V., Nelson, W., Han, P., & Dieckmann, N. (2009). How numeracy influences risk comprehension and medical decision making. Psychological Bulletin, 125(6), 943-973.
• Visschers, V. H., Meertens, R. M., Passchier, W. W., & de Vries, N. N. (2009). Probability information in risk communication: A review of the research literature. Risk Analysis, 29(2), 267-287.