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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 2 Descriptive statistics for baseline beliefs about interventions

From: When and why do people act on flawed science? Effects of anecdotes and prior beliefs on evidence-based decision-making

 

Personal Experience

Belief about Effectiveness

Prediction for Possible Study Outcome

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Exercise

2.21

1.25

2.44

1.24

3.00

1.27

Tidy Classroom

3.47

1.09

3.86

1.05

4.18

.87

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