How people interpret contingency tables

Contingency tables are widely used to show the relation between two dichotomous variables. Which strategies do people use when they interpret contingency tables?

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Osterhaus, C., Magee, J., Saffran, A., & Alibali, M. W. (2019). Supporting successful interpretations of covariation data: Beneficial effects of variable symmetry and problem context. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72, 994–1004. doi:10.1177/1747021818775909