Average Estimates in Line Graphs Are Biased Toward Areas of Higher Variability

We investigate variability overweighting, a previously undocumented bias in line graphs, where estimates of average value are biased toward areas of higher variability in that line. We found this effect across two preregistered experiments with 140 and 420 participants. These experiments also show t...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1996. - 30(2023), 1 vom: 23. Jan., Seite 306-315
1. Verfasser: Moritz, Dominik (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Padilla, Lace M, Nguyen, Francis, Franconeri, Steven L
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article