Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and zero-order-correlations.
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Attitude | 4.53 | 1.72 | – | ||||||||
| 2. Directional bias | − 0.24 | 2.08 | 0.09* | – | |||||||
| 3. Absolute bias | 1.50 | 1.47 | − 0.02 | − 0.16** | – | ||||||
| 4. Numeracy | 5.69 | 1.60 | 0.11* | − 0.09* | − 0.12** | – | |||||
| 5. Need for Cognition | 5.56 | 1.34 | 0.16** | − 0.01 | − 0.02 | 0.23** | – | ||||
| 6. Dark Factor | 1.80 | 0.48 | − 0.14** | − 0.05 | − 0.01 | .001 | − 0.08 | – | |||
| 7. Political orientation | 3.48 | 1.33 | − 0.33** | − 0.06 | 0.02 | − 0.05 | − 0.02 | 0.20** | |||
| 8. Attitude strength | 4.55 | 1.20 | 0.63** | 0.09* | − 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.18** | − 0.10* | − 0.24** | ||
| 9. Correct evaluation pro- study | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.05 | 0.62** | − 0.16** | 0.13** | 0.16** | − 0.08 | − 0.06 | 0.10* | |
| 10. Correct evaluation anti-study | 0.58 | 0.49 | − 0.04 | − 0.60** | 0.03 | 0.23** | 0.14** | − 0.01 | 0.04 | − 0.01 | 0.04 |
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01; scale range of the variables: attitude: 1 to 7; directional bias: − 5 to 5; absolute bias: 0 to 5; numeracy: 0 to 8; Need for Cognition: 1 to 9; Dark Factor: 1 to 5; political orientation: 1 (extremely left) to 7 (extremely right); attitude strength: 1 to 7; evaluation: incorrect (0) or correct (1).