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within-the-bar bias: a standalone construct

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the tendency to judge points inside a bar depicting a mean as more likely than points equally far outside it.

In information visualization, within-the-bar bias refers to the tendency to judge points inside a bar depicting a mean as more likely than points equally far outside it. This meaning comes from Newman (2012) in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.[1]

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References

Newman, G. E., & Scholl, B. J. (2012). Bar graphs depicting averages are perceptually misinterpreted: The within-the-bar bias. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19(4), 601-607. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-012-0247-5

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