[HTML][HTML] Communicating uncertainty using words and numbers

MK Dhami, DR Mandel - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Life in an increasingly information-rich but highly uncertain world calls for an effective means
of communicating uncertainty to a range of audiences. Senders prefer to convey uncertainty …

Guidance on communication of uncertainty in scientific assessments

European Food Safety Authority, A Hart, L Maxim… - EFSA …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This document provides guidance for communicators on how to communicate the various
expressions of uncertainty described in EFSA's document:'Guidance on uncertainty analysis …

Communications about uncertainty in scientific climate-related findings: a qualitative systematic review

A Kause, WB de Bruin, S Domingos… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We undertake a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to arrive at recommendations
for shaping communications about uncertainty in scientific climate-related findings. Climate …

Scenarios in the strategy process: A framework of affordances and constraints

V Tiberius - European Journal of Futures Research, 2019 - Springer
This paper challenges the solely rational view of the scenario technique as a strategy and
foresight tool designed to cope with uncertainty by considering multiple possible future …

When unlikely outcomes occur: the role of communication format in maintaining communicator credibility

SC Jenkins, AJL Harris, RM Lark - Journal of risk research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The public expects science to reduce or eliminate uncertainty, yet scientific forecasts are
probabilistic (at best) and it is simply not possible to make predictions with certainty. Whilst …

The effect of numerical and textual information on visual engagement and perceptions of AI-driven persona interfaces

J Salminen, YH Liu, S Şengün, JM Santos… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In an experiment, we present 38 marketing and data analysts professionals with two online
AI-driven persona interfaces, one using numbers and the other using text. We employ eye …

Dimensions of uncertainty communication: What is conveyed by verbal terms and numeric ranges

KH Teigen - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
The paper reviews two strands of research on communication of uncertainty that usually
have been investigated separately:(1) Probabilities attached to specific outcomes, and (2) …

[HTML][HTML] What is a “likely” amount? Representative (modal) values are considered likely even when their probabilities are low

KH Teigen, M Juanchich, E Løhre - Organizational Behavior and Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on verbal probabilities and standard scales issued by national and international
authorities suggest that only events with probabilities above 60% should be labelled “likely” …

Climate scientists' wide prediction intervals may be more likely but are perceived to be less certain

E Løhre, M Juanchich, M Sirota… - … climate, and society, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
The use of interval forecasts allows climate scientists to issue predictions with high levels of
certainty even for areas fraught with uncertainty, since wide intervals are objectively more …

Forecasting with judgment

P Goodwin, R Fildes - The Palgrave Handbook of Operations Research, 2022 - Springer
This chapter explores the roles that human judgment plays in forecasting in organisations. It
focuses on the latest research findings to examine why, despite advances in predictive …