Table 4. Impact of correct causal attribution on the urgency with which help would be sought.
Vignette | Kruskal-Wallis Test | 2-way comparison | Dunn’s Test, (Z, p-adj) |
---|---|---|---|
A) Joint stiffness and pain | 8.12, 0.02 | Correct vs. Approximate | -0.97,0.99 |
Approximate vs. Incorrect | 2.23, 0.08 | ||
Correct vs. Incorrect | 2.49, 0.04 | ||
B) Joint stiffness, pain and swelling wrists and hands | 6.18, 0.04 | Correct vs. Approximate | -1.57,0.35 |
Approximate vs. Incorrect | 1.08, 0.84 | ||
Correct vs. Incorrect | 2.46, 0.04 | ||
C) Joint stiffness, pain and swelling feet and ankles | 0.70, 0.70 | Correct vs. Approximate | n/a |
Approximate vs. Incorrect | n/a | ||
Correct vs. Incorrect | n/a | ||
D) Bowel Cancer | 81.05, <.001 | Correct vs. Approximate | -2.56,0.03 |
Approximate vs. Incorrect | 4.50,<.001 | ||
Correct vs. Incorrect | 8.99,<.001 | ||
E) Angina | 76.11, <.001 | Correct vs. Approximate | -0.69, 1.0 |
Approximate vs. Incorrect | 7.11,<.001 | ||
Correct vs. Incorrect | 7.82,<.001 |
Rank-based nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis Test was used to determine if there were significant differences in speed with which help would be sought between groupings of causal attributions; two-way comparisons were subsequently used to directly compare correct attribution with approximate and incorrect attributions. A Bonferroni adjustment has been applied to the p-adj values for the pairwise comparisons.