Public Linguist: Worth a look - how public handles COVID data charts

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Worth a look - how public handles COVID data charts

Some nice insights from researchers in London
LSE Covid 19

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/19/the-public-doesnt-understand-logarithmic-graphs-often-used-to-portray-covid-19/#comment-51

See also my April post on numeracy.

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What I post here is intended only as a forum to discuss ideas. Please be aware that referred to research or sources evolve over time so the documents referred to on this blog may be superseded by new information.

Oh, and BTW I use the following broad definition of Health Literacy:“A health literate person is able to use health concepts and information generatively—applying information to novel situations. This is critical to our efforts to prepare the public to react to complex public health emergencies.”(From invited paper presented by me - Surgeon General’s Report on Health Literacy, September 7 2006, Bethesda Maryland http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthliteracy/toc.html)

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Worth a look - how public handles COVID data charts

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