Table 3 Proportion (and standard error) of respondents choosing direct or distal causes by information question for the causal chain question in Experiment 3a
From: Less is more: information needs, information wants, and what makes causal models useful
Question type | Choice | No diagram | Highlighted | Complex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bodyweight | Direct | 0.93 (0.03) | 0.64 (0.05) | 0.80 (0.04) |
Distal | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.05) | 0.13 (0.04) | |
Aliens | Direct | – | 0.48 (0.04) | 0.52 (0.05) |
Distal | – | 0.28 (0.04) | 0.24 (0.04) |