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John Kerr

@scicomguy.bsky.social
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Researching comms and comms-ing research. Public health, psychology, risk, and media. @universityofotago.bsky.social @phcc.bsky.social

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John Kerr @scicomguy.bsky.social · 6h
Every survey included a short numeracy test: the Berlin Numeracy Test, and many also included the Schwartz Numeracy scale, plus age, gender and education, and a range of social and cognitive measures. Here's an overview.
Grid showing which of 59 surveys collected each numeracy, demographic, social and cognitive measure
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John Kerr @scicomguy.bsky.social · 6h
Are you good with numbers? We’re releasing an open dataset of numeracy scores from 75,688 people across 14 countries, gathered in 59 online surveys between 2020 and 2024 by the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication. Details and data: www.octopus.ac/publications...
Image of the fictional gameshow 'Numberwang'
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John Kerr @scicomguy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
You can read the full registered report article, led by @matthewmatix.bsky.social, published in Royal Society Open Science here: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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John Kerr @scicomguy.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
Once upon a time, a group of researchers went on a journey, a journey to track down a near-mythical creature: the 'non-persuasive' story. New registered report in Royal Society Open Science doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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