Less is more: information needs, information wants, and what makes causal models useful

Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Table 7 Percentage correct responses by information condition in Experiment 4

Domain	Item	No info	Simple	Simple plus	Complex
Finance	Income taxes	0.39	0.64	0.58	0.47
Finance	Saving money	0.61	0.67	0.65	0.53
Finance	Saving for retirement	0.69	0.72	0.62	0.77
Health	Childhood obesity	0.64	0.81	0.71	0.67
Health	Mental health	0.25	0.66	0.51	0.51
Health	COVID-19	0.57	0.64	0.59	0.49
Life choices	Buying a house	0.69	0.74	0.60	0.59
Life choices	Job satisfaction	0.68	0.72	0.73	0.63
Life choices	Picking a college	0.47	0.61	0.46	0.43
Society	Carbon footprint	0.26	0.63	0.41	0.40
Society	Donating to charity	0.64	0.73	0.74	0.69
Society	Getting people to vote	0.53	0.76	0.72	0.68