Table 4.
Most frequent reasons provided by the uninstructed participants in Experiment 2 to explain their truth and lie judgments.
| Cue categories and individual cues | Kappa | Total percentage | Truth Judgments (percentage) | Lie judgments (percentage) | Significance of McNemar test |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONSISTENCY/INCONSISTENCY ACROSS INTERVIEWS | |||||
| Consistency across interviews | 0.94 | 45.45 | 40.91 | 4.55 | 0.021 |
| Inconsistency across interviews | 0.85 | 36.36 | 0.00 | 36.36 | 0.008 |
| CONFIDENCE/DOUBTS AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE | |||||
| Doubts or lack of confidence | 1.00 | 27.27 | 0.00 | 27.27 | 0.031 |
| DETAILS OR KNOWLEDGE | |||||
| Detailed or precise answers | 0.91 | 31.82 | 31.82 | 0.00 | 0.016 |
| Lack of knowledge | 0.62 | 40.91 | 9.09 | 36.36 | 0.070 |
| UNDEFINED CONSISTENCY/INCONSISTENCY | |||||
| Undefined consistency | 0.81 | 31.82 | 31.82 | 0.00 | 0.016 |
| Undefined inconsistency | 0.81 | 27.27 | 0.00 | 27.27 | 0.031 |