Table 3.

The frequency of statements with positive or negative directionality. Summary of test statistics The table summarizes the results of ANOVA with the frequency of evaluative statements as dependent variable and Decision, Direction and Information as independent variables. F-values are given with the results of significance tests within parentheses.

	Case
Statistical effects	IS	GM	TW	SH	AR	PU
Decision	.73 (ns)	1.86 (ns)	.87 (ns)	*	.01 (ns)	.01 (ns)
Direction	10.54 (<.01)	3.98 (.06)	6.09 (<.05)	7.39 (<.01)	.84 (ns)	8.31 (<.01)
Information	7.03 (<.01)	16.80 (<.01)	11.17 (<.01)	1.99 (.09)	5.87 (<.01)	11.15 (<.01)
Decision × Direction	2.55 (ns)	.69 (ns)	7.89 (<.05)	*	12.65 (<.01)	2.42 (ns)
Direction × Information	6.40 (<.01)	5.78 (<.01)	4.57 (.01)	2.18 (.07)	6.28 (<.01)	12.90 (<.01)
Decision × Information	2.06 (<.09)	.61 (ns)	.74 (ns)	*	4.38 (<.01)	1.15 (ns)
Decision × Direction × Information	1.54 (ns)	.85 (ns)	2.18 (ns)	*	3.05 (<.05)	1.09 (ns)