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. 2021 Apr 6;6:28. doi: 10.1186/s41235-021-00293-2

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for article ratings and open-ended responses in Experiment 1

Evidence Strength Persuasiveness Implement Likelihood
M SD M SD M SD
Anecdote 2.99 1.23 3.29 1.21 3.62 1.18
No Anecdote 2.79 1.09 2.93 1.06 3.60 1.26
Exercise 3.29 1.10 3.49 0.96 3.25 1.18
Tidy Classroom 2.60 1.13 2.77 1.20 3.87 1.18
Mention Study Mention Personal Experience Mention Participant Confound
M SD M SD M SD
Exercise
 Anecdote 0.53 0.50 0.08 0.28 N/A N/A
 No Anecdote 0.47 0.51 0.18 0.39 N/A N/A
Tidy Classroom
 Anecdote 0.61 0.49 0.47 0.51 0.47 0.51
 No Anecdote 0.63 0.49 0.57 0.50 0.53 0.50