graph analysis

Trends & Times

Just Seeing Charts And Graphs Makes Drug Claims More Credible

Katherine Hobson

Graphs look so impressive. Even graphs that include no new information made people more likely to think that a drug is effective, a study finds. Can you inoculate yourself against that bias?

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