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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2009 Dec;4(4):17–26. doi: 10.1525/jer.2009.4.4.17

TABLE 3.

The Effect of Numeracy, Preference for Numbers, and Key Experimental Manipulations on Willingness to Participate; Summary Results of Multivariable Linear Regression Modes.

Numerator d.f. First vignette All vignettes
Risk (1= one in ten, 2 = one in a million, 3 = no chance, 4 = no mention) 3 F = 13.5, p < .0001 F = 112.36, p < .0001
Sensitivity (1 = high, 0 = low) 1 F = 844.53, p < .0001 F = 14671.6, p < .0001
Prime (1 = privacy, 0 = computers) 1 F = 38.47, p < .0001 F = 41.78, p < .0001
Incentive (1 = high, 0 = low) 1 F = 8.25, p = .0041 F = 12.99, p = .0003
Mode (1 = FTF, 0 = mail) 1 F = 7.34, p = .0068 F = 17.15, p < .0001
Vignette number 1 F = 97.68, p < .0001
Same score 1 F = 510.62, p < .0001
Preference for words or numbers 1 F = 7.26, p = .0071 F = 0.62, p = .43
Numeracy 1 F = 2.97, p = .085 F = 41.6, p < . 0001
Risk*numeracy 3 F = 2.33, p = .073 F = 24.42, p < . 0001
Denominator d.f. 6355 44,302