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. 2008 Jan 22;10(1):e2. doi: 10.2196/jmir.963

Table 5.

Changes in confidence in original answer following searches (N = 905; adapted from [26])*

Change inConfidence WW(n = 108), No. (%) WR(n = 161), No. (%) RW (n = 47), No. (%) RR (n = 589), No. (%)
Decreased 15 (13.9) 58 (36.0) 14 (29.8) 5 (0.8)
No change 37 (34.3) 16 (9.9) 14 (29.8) 165 (28.0)
Increased 56 (51.9) 87 (54.0) 19 (40.4) 419 (71.1)

*In 23 responses, subjects did not report a confidence rating.

Includes subjects who did not know the answer before searching.