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. 2016 Jan 22;7:9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00009

Table 1.

Re-analysis of Pennycook et al. (2014).

Dependant variable Step Age Gender Education Income Cognitive Reflection Calculation Numeracy
Religious Belief Step 1 0.35 0.15 −0.09 −0.03
Step 2 0.34 0.13 −0.08 −0.03 0.19
Step 3 0.34 0.13 −0.07 −0.03 0.19 0.02
Step 4 0.33 0.12 −0.07 −0.02 0.18 0.03 −0.07
Traditional moral values Step 1 0.14 <0.01 0.14 0.06
Step 2 0.14 −0.02 0.12 0.07 0.20
Step 3 0.13 −0.01 0.11 0.07 0.21 0.04
Step 4 0.13 −0.02 0.11 0.07 0.20 0.05 −0.07
Disgust−based moral judgments Step 1 0.13 0.18 0.15 0.15
Step 2 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.16 0.25
Step 3 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.16 0.25 −0.03
Step 4 0.12 0.13 0.11 0.17 0.23 −0.02 −0.08

Stepwise regression results predicting religious belief, traditional moral values, and disgust-based moral judgments. In each case, Cognitive Reflection remains a statistically significant predictor after controlling for Calculation and Numeracy (Step 4). Cognitive Reflection = Proportion of correct responses that were not intuitive on the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT; Frederick, 2005). Calculation = Proportion of non-intuitive CRT responses that were correct. Numeracy = Proportion correct on Schwartz et al. (1997) three-item test. See Supplementary Materials for further information on this study. Standardized beta coefficients. Gender: 1 = Male, 2 = Female. Significant independent predictors in bold (p < 0.05). N = 378.