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Pictorial representations in statistical reasoning by Brase, Gary L.

“…In an ongoing debate between two visions of statistical reasoning competency, ecological rationality proponents claim that pictorial representations help tap…”
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Good fences make for good neighbors but bad science: a review of what improves Bayesian reasoning and why by Brase, Gary L, Hill, W Trey

“…Bayesian reasoning, defined here as the updating of a posterior probability following new information, has historically been problematic for humans. Classic…”
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Improving patient understanding of prenatal screening tests: Using naturally sampled frequencies, pictures, and accounting for individual differences by West, Lauren M., Brase, Gary L.

“…Health professionals must communicate prenatal screening test results effectively to patients, but these tests involve very low prevalence and high false…”
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Simulating human behavioral changes in livestock production systems during an epidemic: The case of the US beef cattle industry by Yang, Qihui, Gruenbacher, Don M, Brase, Gary L, Heier Stamm, Jessica L, DeLoach, Scott A, Scoglio, Caterina M

“…Human behavioral change around biosecurity in response to increased awareness of disease risks is a critical factor in modeling animal disease dynamics. Here,…”
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Comparing the Efficacy of Static and Dynamic Graph Types in Communicating Complex Statistical Relationships by Hood, Jeffrey Chase, Graber, Cade, Brase, Gary L

“…Graphs are useful tools to communicate meaningful patterns in data, but their efficacy varies considerably based on the figure's construction and presentation…”
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Personality and Saving Behavior Among Older Adults by Asebedo, Sarah D., Wilmarth, Melissa J., Seay, Martin C., Archuleta, Kristy, Brase, Gary L., MacDonald, Maurice

“…This study investigates how psychological characteristics influence saving behavior within a sample of 1,380 U.S. preretirees aged 50–70 from the Health and…”
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Impact of truck contamination and information sharing on foot-and-mouth disease spreading in beef cattle production systems by Yang, Qihui, Gruenbacher, Don M, Heier Stamm, Jessica L, Amrine, David E, Brase, Gary L, DeLoach, Scott A, Scoglio, Caterina M

“…As cattle movement data in the United States are scarce due to the absence of mandatory traceability programs, previous epidemic models for U.S. cattle…”
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Frequency interpretation of ambiguous statistical information facilitates Bayesian reasoning by Brase, Gary L.

“…The idea that naturally sampled frequencies facilitate performance in statistical reasoning tasks because they are a cognitively privileged representational…”
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The nature of thinking, shallow and deep by Brase, Gary L

“…Because the criteria for success differ across various domains of life, no single normative standard will ever work for all types of thinking. One method for…”
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Do Different Mental Models Influence Cybersecurity Behavior? Evaluations via Statistical Reasoning Performance by Brase, Gary L, Vasserman, Eugene Y, Hsu, William

“…Cybersecurity research often describes people as understanding internet security in terms of metaphorical mental models (e.g., disease risk, physical security…”
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Emotional Regulation of Fertility Decision Making: What Is the Nature and Structure of Baby Fever? by BRASE, Gary L, BRASE, Sandra L

“…Baby fever-a visceral physical and emotional desire to have a baby-is well known in popular culture, but has not been empirically studied in psychology…”
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Explaining Sex Differences in Reactions to Relationship Infidelities: Comparisons of the Roles of Sex, Gender, Beliefs, Attachment, and Sociosexual Orientation by Brase, Gary L., Adair, Lora, Monk, Kale

“…To the extent that sex differences are mediated by mechanisms such as sex-roles and beliefs, individual differences in these more proximate traits should…”
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What Would It Take to Get You into an Electric Car? Consumer Perceptions and Decision Making about Electric Vehicles by Brase, Gary L.

“…Americans buy millions of vehicles every year, but research on how those decisions are made, including personality and individual difference factors, has…”
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How Different Types of Participant Payments Alter Task Performance by Brase, Gary L

“…Researchers typically use incentives (such as money or course credit) in order to obtain participants who engage in the specific behaviors of interest to the…”
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Developing a Better and More User-Friendly Numeracy Scale for Patients by Hill, W Trey, Brase, Gary L, Kenney, Kevin L

“…A person's ability to work with and understand numerical information (i.e., numeracy) is increasingly important in everyday health and other decision-making…”
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Taking time to be healthy: Predicting health behaviors with delay discounting and time perspective by Daugherty, James R., Brase, Gary L.

“…Delay discounting, a willingness to postpone receiving an immediate reward in order to gain additional benefits in the future, is conceptually related to time…”
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Communicating HIV Results to Low-Risk Individuals: Still Hazy After All These Years by Ellis, Katrina M, Brase, Gary L

“…Revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations on HIV testing now promote testing of most risk groups. However, positive results for…”
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Digging deeper into the relationship between self-esteem and mate value by Brase, Gary L., Dillon, Meghan H.

“…Self-esteem is correlated with both gender (women reporting lower scores on average) and mate value. Both self-esteem and mate value, however, are often…”
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Sex, and Other Important Things: Tracking Ratios of Ecologically Significant Categories by Brase, Gary L., Brandner, Jordann L.

“…The ratio of males and females in a population (the sex ratio) has been documented as an important factor in calibrating mating behaviors. This implies mental…”
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The power of representation and interpretation: Doubling statistical reasoning performance with icons and frequentist interpretations of ambiguous numbers by Brase, Gary L.

“…In an ongoing debate about statistical reasoning competency, one view claims that pictorial representations help tap into the frequency coding mechanisms,…”
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