A study involving over 5,000 UK participants investigated how communicating uncertainty in numerical data affects public trust. Researchers found that expressing uncertainty, particularly through numerical ranges, led people to perceive the numbers as more uncertain, which is considered a positive outcome for scientific communication. While numerical uncertainty slightly decreased trust in the number itself, it did not significantly impact trust in the source of the information. AI
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