# P06: How the Design of Presentation Slides Affects Audience Comprehension

- Publisher: Joanna K. Garner and Michael P. Alley / IJEE
- Source: [Original page or paper](https://www.ijee.ie/articles/Vol29-6/23_ijee2791ns.pdf)
- Published: 2013
- Accessed: 2026-10-22
- Evidence class: Primary empirical paper, full text read
- Read status: primary_page_or_paper_opened_and_relevant_content_read

## Finding

A study of 110 engineering students found comprehension and delayed-recall advantages for the tested assertion–evidence slide package.

## Limits

MRI instruction with identical narration. Several design principles changed together. No comparison with McKinsey/Minto and no executive-decision outcome.