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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Sci. 2017 Sep 12;28(11):1531–1546. doi: 10.1177/0956797617714579

Table 6.

Effect Size Estimates for Debunking and Misinformation Persistence Across Levels of Moderator Variables using WREM with Weights

Debunkinga Misinformation-Persistenceb
Explanations in line with the misinformation
 High 0.62 (18) 1.72 (25)
 Low 3.77 (3) −0.14 (10)
Counter-arguments to the misinformation
 High 1.48 (8) 0.46 (13)
 Low 0.73 (11) 1.58 (22)
Detail of Debunking Message
 Labeling information source as incorrect 0.16 (3) 0.55 (14)
 Providing detailed debunking information 1.25 (18) 1.58 (21)

Note. Table entries are d.s, with the number of samples in parentheses;

a

= inverse variances of the effect sizes were included as weights;

b

= the standardized residuals of sample size were included as weights; Means above and below .25 standard deviations were used to group high (vs. low) conditions.