NUMGEN: Generating intelligent descriptions of numerical quantities for people with different levels of numeracy
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Sandra Williams, 19 th September 2007
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Small Grant Ref. RES-000-22-2760: NumGen∗
NumGen was a one-year scoping study that investigated how to express numerical quantities, especially proportions (fractions, percentages and ratios), for different audiences. Numerical quantities are extremely common in all kinds of documents. Pick up any newspaper and you will find it packed with them “Red meat increases the risk of cancer by 67 percent” or “More than a quarter of students we...
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