Risk estimates from an online risk calculator are more believable and recalled better when expressed as integers

Authors

Holly O. Witteman, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Erika A. Waters, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Teresa Gavaruzzi, University of Leeds
Angela Fagerlin, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Document Type

Open Access Publication

Journal

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volume

13

Issue

3

Inclusive Pages

e54

Publication Date

2011

Notes

Please cite as:
Witteman HO, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Waters EA, Gavaruzzi T, Fagerlin A
Risk Estimates From an Online Risk Calculator Are More Believable and Recalled Better When Expressed as Integers
J Med Internet Res 2011;13(3):e54

©Holly O Witteman, Brian J Zikmund-Fisher, Erika A Waters, Teresa Gavaruzzi, Angela Fagerlin. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 07.09.2011. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.

Recommended Citation

Witteman, Holly O.; Zikmund-Fisher, Brian J.; Waters, Erika A.; Gavaruzzi, Teresa; and Fagerlin, Angela, "Risk estimates from an online risk calculator are more believable and recalled better when expressed as integers" (2011). Cancer Prevention Faculty Publications. Paper 4.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/canpre_pubs/4