title: A review of contemporary methods for the presentation of scientific uncertainty.
abstract: Graphic methods for displaying uncertainty are often the most concise and informative way to communicate abstract concepts. Presentation methods currently in use for the display and interpretation of scientific uncertainty are reviewed. Numerous subjective and objective uncertainty display methods are presented, including qualitative assessments, node and arrow diagrams, standard statistical methods, box-and-whisker plots,robustness and opportunity functions, contribution indexes, probability density functions, cumulative distribution functions, and graphical likelihood functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of NuclearEngineering and Radiation Health Physics Oregon State University,116 Radiation Center Corvallis, OR 97331-5303, USA. makinske@engr.orst.edu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Makinson
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hamby
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Edwards
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011336:Probability; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D035501:Uncertainty