Helping Doctors and Patients Make Sense of Health Statistics

Gigerenzer, G. (2007). Helping Doctors and Patients Make Sense of Health Statistics.

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Journal article

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Primary research

Year

2007

ISSN

1539-6053

DOI

10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033.x

DOI registrant

Wiley

Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033.x

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  • Gigerenzer, Schwartz, and Woloshin documented the failure mode systematically in pharmaceutical communication

    This sourceMonograph documenting how relative risks reported without base rates, including in drug advertising, lead readers to overestimate treatment benefit.

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