Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Are you risk literate?

A 3 minute test  (The Berlin Numeracy Test) developed to quickly measure and provide feedback about your risk literacy.  It is quite easy for people with science background like myself, I have to say.  But this might not be the case for the general public (full paper pdf). With 21 studies (n=5336), the researchers found that the test to be the strongest predictor of comprehension of everyday risk.  I am thinking about using it in my own research...

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