How to best visualize uncertainty

The Effective Statistician - in association with PSI

Interview with Paolo Eusebi

Interestingly, the visualization of uncertainty - one of the primary forms we use to communicate it - is a rather unknown field. In this episode, I'm very excited to speak with Paolo Eusebi, who has done research in this field to answer the following questions:

• What can we learn from examples outside of medical research? How is it explained to the general public?
• What’s the current status in medical research?
• How can we become better in communication of uncertainty?
• What are further excellent resources regarding the display uncertainty?

Listen to this episode and learn more:

Find the slides from Paolo here:

https://www.psiweb.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/uncertainty_psi_200827_pe.pptx?sfvrsn=1838dadb_0

View also the webinar about visualization here (only for PSI members):

https://www.psiweb.org/vod/item/psi-webinar-using-visualisation-to-help-make-decisions

Resources:

• Cairo, Alberto. The truthful art: Data, charts, and maps for communication. New Riders, 2016.
• The MU Collective directed by Jessica Hullman and Matt Kay
• Wilke, Claus O. Fundamentals of data visualization. O'Reilly Media, 2019.
• PSI Visualisation Special Interest Group (VIS SIG)
• Van der Bles et al. "Communicating uncertainty about facts, numbers and science" Royal Society open science 6.5 (2019): 181870.
• Bonneau et al. "Overview and state-of-the-art of uncertainty visualization." Scientific Visualization. Springer, London, 2014. 3-27.
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