Table 3. Study 2.
Pearson correlations for participants who read the Salt (n = 201) and Nanotechnology (n = 172) scenarios.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Process /Competent | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Interest /Values |
.57 (.53) |
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| 3. Complexity /Uncertainty |
.55 (.63) |
.61 (.54) |
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| 4. Number Series | -.01 (.10) |
-.06 (.01) |
-.15 (.14) |
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| 5. Science reasoning | .02 (.11) |
.06 (.21) |
-.08 (.17) |
.44 (.25) |
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| 6. Science knowledge | -.04 (.07) |
-.04 (.14) |
-.26 (.20) |
.40 (.38) |
.45 (.42) |
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| 7. Positivism | .05 (-.01) |
.03 (-.14) |
.10 (-.09) |
-.15 (-.05) |
-.21 (-.25) |
-.11 (-.21) |
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| 8. Credibility of Science | -.08 (-.23) |
-.22 (-.27) |
-.20 (-.20) |
.17 (.15) |
.08 (.12) |
.21 (.21) |
-.08 (.07) | |||||||
| 9. Political Ideology | -.04 (.01) |
-.15 (-.20) |
-.15 (-.06) |
.09 (.02) |
-.12 (-.09) |
.07 (-.14) |
.15 (.08) |
.36 (.40) |
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| 10. Conspiracist ideation | .05 (.02) |
.08 (.11) |
.22 (.02) |
-.40 (-.23) |
-.31 (-.40) |
-.36 (-.34) |
.31 (.21) |
-.42 (-.33) |
-.09 (.09) | |||||
| 11. Age | .10 (.19) |
.09 (.04) |
-.01 (.09) |
.13 (-.07) |
.26 (.13) |
.28 (-.01) |
-.23 (-.15) |
.03 (.01) |
-.09 (-.08) |
-.23 (-.18) |
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| 12. Care about topic | .15 (.07) |
.09 (.05) |
.11 (.02) |
-.06 (-.09) |
-.09 (-.01) |
-.10 (-.05) |
.31 (.19) |
-.04 (.09) | .08 (.13) |
.16 (.07) |
.06 (.14) |
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| 13. Know of topic | .08 (-.26) |
.11 (-.03) |
.06 (-.15) |
-.13 (-.11) |
-.11 (-.20) |
-.06 (-.20) |
.38 (.37) |
-.27 (-.09) |
-.02 (-.06) |
.25 (.33) |
.03 (-.17) |
.41 (.37) | ||
| 14. Dispute aware | .14 (.15) |
.11 (.25) |
.01 (.15) |
.22 (.15) |
.11 (.14) | .29 (.20) | .12 (.07) |
-.10 (.01) | -.05 (-.06) |
-.15 (-.07) |
.07 (.03) | .13 (.20) | .16 (.33) | |
| Mean | 3.42 (3.39) |
3.37 (3.32) |
3.28 (3.40) |
3.09 (3.26) |
5.55 (5.70) |
7.20 (7.24) |
3.42 (3.45) |
4.13 (4.16) |
2.88 (2.78) |
2.19 (2.16) |
45.6 (44.7) |
3.78 (3.60) |
3.13 (2.33) |
- - |
| Median | 3.33 (3.33) |
3.33 (3.33) |
3.20 (3.40) |
3.00 (3.00) |
5.00 (6.00) |
7.00 (7.00) |
3.38 (3.38) |
4.00 (4.25) |
3.00 (3.00) |
2.07 (2.13) |
42.0 (39.5) |
4.00 (4.00) |
3.00 (2.00) |
- - |
| SD | .69 (.66) |
.77 (.75) |
.73 (.79) |
2.68 (2.62) |
2.00 (2.03) |
1.42 (1.44) |
0.67 (0.66) |
1.22 (1.28) |
1.15 (1.25) |
0.71 (0.69) |
18.9 (19.7) |
1.03 (1.17) |
0.97 (1.21) |
- - |
Note. Values not in parentheses are for the salt the scenario. Values in parentheses are for the nanotechnology scenario. Values in the correlation matrix are Pearson correlations with effects at r ≥ .20 bolded. The dispute aware variable (14) is binary so the mean, median, and SD are not reported.