Table 1.
Probability quantifiers most frequently selected in the Computer and Jeans vignettes (in percentages of reports), in Experiments 1 and 2a–c.
| Quantifier | Exp. 1 | Exp. 2a | Exp. 2b | Exp. 2c | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp. (%) | Jeans (%) | Comp. (%) | Jeans (%) | Comp. (%) | Jeans (%) | Comp. (%) | Jeans (%) | |
| Likely | 14 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 27 |
| Expected | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 21 | 11 |
| Normal | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Probable | 6 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 9 |
| Usual | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Average | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Certain | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Possible | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 17 |
| Most likely | 0 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 16 |
| Clear | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Unlikely | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Noticeable | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Inevitable | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Known | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Found | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Verbal probabilities in bold were used in previous research demonstrating the extremity effect (e.g., Juanchich & Sirota, 2017; Teigen et al., 2014).