Table 2.
Descriptive statistics and zero-order-correlations.
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Attitude | 4.35 | 1.64 | – | ||||||||
| 2. Directional bias | − 0.46 | 2.10 | 0.11** | – | |||||||
| 3. Absolute bias | 1.56 | 1.47 | − 0.07* | − 0.29** | – | ||||||
| 4. Numeracy | 5.70 | 1.53 | 0.08** | − 0.02 | − 0.13** | – | |||||
| 5. Need for Cognition | 5.67 | 1.32 | 0.14** | 0.02 | − 0.03 | 0.23** | – | ||||
| 6. Dark Factor | 1.80 | 0.50 | − 0.11** | 0.02 | − 0.03 | 0.04 | − 0.14** | – | |||
| 7. Political orientation | 3.35 | 1.31 | − 0.30** | − 0.02 | 0.07* | − 0.09** | − 0.05 | 0.19** | |||
| 8. Attitude strength | 4.61 | 1.13 | 0.48** | 0.01 | − 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.23** | − 0.16** | − 0.21** | ||
| 9. Correct evaluation pro-study | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.11** | 0.64** | − 0.20** | 0.14** | 0.06* | 0.01 | − 0.07* | − 0.02 | |
| 10. Correct evaluation anti-study | 0.57 | 0.50 | 0.02 | − 0.58** | 0.12** | 0.20** | 0.04 | 0.01 | − 0.05 | 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).