van Stekelenburg et al. (2021), Study 3

A replication of the Study 2, but with a control group and a larger sample size. The study aimed to assess changes in opinion of skeptics when faced with evidence of scientific consensus through manipulation of experimental condition explaining how to assess a news claim. The subject in question was Genetically Engineered Food (GEE).

Usage

SSVB21_S3

Format

A data frame with 854 rows and 4 variables:

prior

[integer] negative of prior belief score

post

[integer] post experiment score for veracity of claim

condition

[factor] experimental condition, one of BoostPlus, concensus and control

nconsensus

[integer] number of mentions of scientific consensus by the participant (zero indicates no mention)

trust

[integer] score for the trust in scientists

Source

Open Science Foundation, https://osf.io/hua8v/, licensed under CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International

References

Stekelenburg, A. van, Schaap, G., Veling, H., & Buijzen, M. (2021). Boosting understanding and identification of scientific consensus can help to correct false beliefs. Psychological Science, 32(10), 1549–1565. doi:10.1177/09567976211007788