Table 3.
Table 3 Relationship between Confidence in Pre-search Answer and Retention of Pre-search Answer after Searching
| Confidence (Before Search) | Retained Pre-Search Answer After Searching? |
|
|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |
| Baseline search interface ∗ | ||
| Not confident (n = 33) | 22 (67%) | 11 (33%) |
| Somewhat confident (n = 71) | 51 (72%) | 20 (28%) |
| Confident (n = 85) | 62 (73%) | 23 (27%) |
| Very confident (n = 106) | 84 (79%) | 22 (21%) |
| Anchor debiasing interface† § | ||
| Not confident (n = 43) | 22 (51%) | 21 (49%) |
| Somewhat confident (n = 78) | 50 (64%) | 28 (36%) |
| Confident (n = 90) | 68 (76%) | 22 (24%) |
| Very confident (n = 74) | 55 (74%) | 19 (26%) |
| Order debiasing interface‡ § | ||
| Not confident (n = 46) | 24 (52%) | 22 (48%) |
| Somewhat confident (n = 77) | 59 (77%) | 18 (23%) |
| Confident (n = 86) | 51 (59%) | 35 (41%) |
| Very confident (n = 85) | 62 (73%) | 23 (27%) |
∗ 8 responses were excluded because they did not provide a pre-search confidence.
† 6 responses were excluded because they did not provide a pre-search confidence.
‡ 2 responses were excluded because they did not provide a pre-search confidence.
§ Confidence in anchoring effect was found to be significant.