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Risk communication

setting one hazard beside another, more familiar one to convey its size, a practice studied for when it aids or distorts lay risk judgments.

In risk communication, risk comparison refers to setting one hazard beside another, more familiar one to convey its size, a practice studied for when it aids or distorts lay risk judgments. This meaning comes from Roth (1990) in Risk Analysis.[1]

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practice3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs risk communication1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct risk6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

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Roth, E., Morgan, M. G., Fischhoff, B., Lave, L., & Bostrom, A. (1990). What Do We Know About Making Risk Comparisons? Risk Analysis, 10(3), 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1990.tb00520.x

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