Table 1. Mean estimates of consensus among climate scientists (SD) before and after reading climate change consensus messages.
N | Pre-treatment estimate | Post-treatment estimate | |||
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High (97%) climate message a | 142 | 79.35 | (15.75) | 92.34bc* | (11.97) |
Low (63%) climate message b | 151 | 78.89 | (17.27) | 67.49ac* | (11.74) |
Control c | 122 | 79.61 | (15.24) | 80.17ab | (16.87) |
*Significant difference between pre- and post-treatment estimates, p < .001. Superscripts denote significant differences between conditions at each time point, p < .001.