Facilitating conditional probability problems with visuals

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4551 LNCS, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Kellen, Vince ^a   Chan, Susy ^a   Fang, Xiaowen ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian reasoning; Cognitive theory of multimedia learning; Conditional probabilities; Dual coding; Individual differences; Information visualization; Mental models; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

BAYESIAN REASONING; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; MENTAL MODELS; SPATIAL ABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 38149003076     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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