Table 7.
Descriptive Statistics and Summary Results for Dependent Variables.
| DV | Elimination Condition | N | M | SD | SE Mean | b | SE | t | df | Cohen's d | p | 95% CI (LL, UL) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perceived C19 Information Accuracy |
Questioning |
79 |
-0.24 |
3.33 |
0.38 |
-3.66 |
0.46 |
-8.00 |
159 |
1.26 |
<.0001 |
-4.56 |
2.75 |
| Continuing | 82 | 3.41 | 2.40 | 0.27 | |||||||||
| Moral Outrage |
Questioning |
87 |
4.10 |
1.70 |
0.18 |
1.65 |
0.25 |
6.56 |
170 |
1.00 |
<.0001 |
1.16 |
2.15 |
| Continuing | 85 | 2.45 | 1.61 | 0.18 | |||||||||
| Research Team Prestige |
Questioning |
88 |
4.28 |
1.31 |
0.14 |
-1.08 |
0.19 |
-5.63 |
171 |
0.86 |
<.0001 |
-1.46 |
-0.70 |
| Continuing | 85 | 5.36 | 1.21 | 0.13 | |||||||||
| Perceived Quality of the Research Proposal (Methods) |
Questioning |
85 |
3.85 |
1.26 |
0.14 |
-1.17 |
0.20 |
-5.98 |
167 |
0.92 |
<.0001 |
-1.56 |
-0.79 |
| Continuing | 84 | 5.02 | 1.29 | 0.14 | |||||||||
| Perceived Quality of the Research Proposal (Writing) |
Questioning |
86 |
5.47 |
0.89 |
0.10 |
-0.34 |
0.14 |
-2.37 |
169 |
0.36 |
.0189 |
-0.62 |
-0.06 |
| Continuing | 85 | 5.80 | 0.97 | 0.11 | |||||||||
| Perceived Societal Value of the Research |
Questioning |
87 |
4.63 |
1.83 |
0.20 |
-1.50 |
0.25 |
-6.06 |
168 |
0.93 |
<.0001 |
-1.99 |
-1.01 |
| Continuing | 83 | 6.13 | 1.35 | 0.15 | |||||||||
| Financial Support for the Research: Donation ($) |
Questioning |
88 |
0.22 |
39.90 |
4.25 |
-13.87 |
6.39 |
-2.17 |
171 |
0.33 |
.0312 |
-26.47 |
-1.26 |
| Continuing | 85 | 0.36 | 44.10 | 4.78 | |||||||||
| Research Team Integrity | Questioning |
87 |
5.77 |
1.16 |
0.12 |
-0.54 | 0.15 | -3.52 | 170 | 0.54 | .0006 | -0.84 | -0.24 |
| Continuing | 85 | 6.31 | 0.80 | 0.09 | |||||||||
Notes. We again adjusted the critical α to be 0.05 / 8 = .0063. All results are significant based on this α except for writing quality and financial support (concluded as ns).