Table 1 Proportion (and standard error) of respondents choosing direct or distal causes by information question for the causal chain question in Experiment 1
From: Less is more: information needs, information wants, and what makes causal models useful
Question type | Choice | No diagram | Simple | Complex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bodyweight | Direct | 0.96 (0.02) | 0.55 (0.05) | 0.85 (0.04) |
Distal | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.44 (0.05) | 0.12 (0.03) | |
Aliens | Direct | – | 0.37 (0.04) | 0.56 (0.04) |
Distal | – | 0.50 (0.04) | 0.26 (0.04) |