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Do different data visualisation forms of corona data cause a difference in people's assessment of their health risks?

Pühmeyer, B.W.B. (2021) Do different data visualisation forms of corona data cause a difference in people's assessment of their health risks?

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Abstract:This research analyses the influence of different Corona-visualisations on people’s health risk assessment. Therefore six different visualisations, two visualisations of three different chart families each are analysed. The individual visualisations are compared within their families and the families between each other. They are primarily tested on the influence of different colour shares and time axis. It is anticipated that visualisations that contain a colour share with much green and little red as well as a continuous time axis lower the perceived health risks. The data base for this research comes from a survey (May 2021) with 112 cases that presented all visualisations in a within-subject design to the participants. All six visualisations were representations of the same Corona-data. The sample consist of mostly young well educated people. The findings suggest that the differences between the visualisations within the families are mostly significant and as expected. The influences of the different families are also significant and in line with the hypotheses. The families of Categorical and Hierarchical Charts do not influence the health risk assessment. The family of Temporal Charts lower the health risk assessment level. The interaction between form and content of the visualisations stands out as an underestimated role.
Item Type:Essay (Bachelor)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Programme:Management Society and Technology BSc (56654)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/87780
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