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Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for baseline beliefs about interventions for pretest to Experiment 2

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

 

Effectiveness

Practicality

Personal Experience

M

SD

M

SD

M

SD

Virtual Reality

3.39

1.04

3.18

0.90

1.95

1.06

Napping

2.63

1.14

2.05

1.17

1.91

1.03

Singing

3.18

1.22

2.60

1.11

2.13

1.06

Doodling

3.15

1.22

3.19

1.13

2.83

1.24

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