The power of refutational text: changing intuitions about the interpretation of box plots

Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 537 - 550
Published: Oct 8, 2016
Abstract
Graphicacy is an important skill in today’s society; however, the interpretation of graphs proofs to be more difficult than it might seem. In this study, we focus on one specific misinterpretation, the area misinterpretation of box plots, which is caused by incorrect heuristic processing of salient features of the box plot. In this study, we tried to eradicate the area misinterpretation by the use of refutational text. We tested whether...
Paper Details
Title
The power of refutational text: changing intuitions about the interpretation of box plots
Published Date
Oct 8, 2016
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
537 - 550
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