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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 3 Participant self assessment of confidence in Experiment 3

From: How causal information affects decisions

 

Weight management confidence

Diabetes management confidence (no experience)

 

Very

Somewhat

Not at all

Very

Somewhat

Not at all

No info

82.6 (91.5)

17.4 (78.1)

–

41.7 (86.8)

54.8 (52.8)

2.5 (50.0)

Causal text

73.6* (83.8*)

26.0* (76.0)

0.4 (0.0)

–

–

–

Causal diagram

69.5** (81.8**)

30.0** (66.7)

0.5 (1.0) †

68.8*** (93.5)

31.2*** (71.4*)

–

  1. Percentage of correct responses for participants reporting each level of confidence is shown in parentheses. Statistical significance for comparisons against the no information condition, using p values after Benjamini-Hochberg correction, are indicated by * for p<0.1, ** for p<0.05, and *** for p<0.005. Some edge cases are indicated: †N=1, – indicates no data in that cell
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