Table 15.
The basic descriptive statistics and reliability testing for the Conspiratorial Thinking Scale across countries with more than 200 participants.
| Country | N Scale | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Alpha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 1782 | 4.21 | 1.39 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.845 |
| Japan | 1990 | 4.09 | 1.30 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.863 |
| Finland | 876 | 2.40 | 1.41 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.873 |
| Switzerland | 525 | 2.57 | 1.17 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.798 |
| Spain | 480 | 3.59 | 1.31 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.779 |
| Colombia | 448 | 3.95 | 1.37 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.764 |
| Portugal | 384 | 2.99 | 1.26 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.782 |
| Brazil | 390 | 3.58 | 1.14 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.669 |
| Honduras | 301 | 4.68 | 1.28 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.742 |
| Ireland | 308 | 2.92 | 1.30 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.820 |
| Norway | 327 | 2.46 | 1.25 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.818 |
| Czech Republic | 297 | 3.46 | 1.38 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.809 |
| Slovakia | 266 | 3.41 | 1.40 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.851 |
| Italy | 268 | 3.37 | 1.48 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.852 |
| Bulgaria | 258 | 4.43 | 1.53 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.865 |
| Ecuador | 210 | 3.92 | 1.41 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.797 |
| Uruguay | 216 | 3.34 | 1.43 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.834 |
| Guatemala | 221 | 4.40 | 1.26 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.723 |
| Costa Rica | 218 | 4.39 | 1.41 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.783 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 189 | 4.68 | 1.15 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.750 |
| Ukraine | 215 | 2.64 | 1.56 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.874 |
| Estonia | 205 | 2.29 | 1.26 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.894 |
| Malaysia | 168 | 4.12 | 1.28 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.791 |
| Taiwan | 196 | 3.25 | 1.34 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.798 |
| Turkey | 145 | 4.45 | 1.45 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.776 |
Abbreviations: N Scale = number of participants who completed the scale. Mean = scale mean. SD = scale standard deviation. Min = minimum value of the mean scale score for the sample. Max = maximum value of the average scale score for the sample. Alpha = Cronbach’s alpha.