| paper_id | buckwalter2010knowledgeisntclosed |
|---|---|
| short_label | Buckwalter 2010 |
| citation | Buckwalter, W. (2010). Knowledge Isn't Closed on Saturday: A Study in Ordinary Language. |
| doi | — |
| year | 2010 |
| published | — |
| language | English |
| language_other | — |
| research_objective | Test whether ordinary knowledge-attribution judgments in DeRose-style bank cases vary with stakes or with salient error possibilities (high standards), evaluating predictions from epistemic contextualism and subject-sensitive invariantism. |
| data_available_online | — |
| data_url | — |
| notes | — |
| study_id | 1 |
|---|---|
| label | Bank probes (SUNY Buffalo undergraduates) |
| objective | Compare agreement that a first-person bank-hours knowledge assertion is true across three between-subjects vignette versions: baseline Bank, High Stakes (stakes raised), and High Standards (error possibilities made salient). |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | Participants were randomly given one and only one of three probes (Bank, High Stakes, High Standards). |
| manipulated_factors | Error possibilities / epistemic standards (High Standards probe) |
| paradigm | Agreement that a sentence is true |
| paradigm_other | — |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 544 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | students |
| recruitment_other | — |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | SUNY Buffalo undergraduates; ~75% age 18–20 (range 18–38); 55% male; >70% originally from New York State area. |
| mean_age | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | Likert 5-point |
|---|---|
| points | 5 |
| anchors | strongly disagree; disagree; neutral; agree; strongly agree |
| direction | Higher = more agreement that Bruno's assertion is true. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | On a scale of 1 to 5, circle how much you agree or disagree that Bruno's assertion, "I know the bank will be open on Saturday" is true. |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | — |
bank · Bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (DeRose-style bank cases).| scenario_code | bank |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Bank deposit / bank-hours vignette (DeRose-style bank cases). |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s1_e1 · Bank vs High Stakes · Between-Subjects · d=0.110436839422 · v=0.011006188465| effect_id | s1_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Bank vs High Stakes |
| subgroup_desc | Agreement that Bruno's self-ascribed knowledge assertion is true (stakes manipulation) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.110436839422 |
| v | 0.011006188465 |
| computed_from | groups |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from Table 1 group stats in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_groups). |
| scenario | bank |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | First Person |
| attribution_person | First Person |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | High_Stakes |
|---|---|
| group_low | Bank |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Test 1: baseline Bank vs High Stakes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | bank | Vignette is explicitly a bank-hours case ('the bank will be open on Saturday'). | Provenance
Bank Sylvie and Bruno are driving home from work on a Friday afternoon... Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsideration about bank hours is raised in the Bank or High Stakes probes (only stakes are raised). | Provenance
High Stakes ... Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
awareness | Yes | High-stakes consequences are described as facts about Bruno's situation (implying the subject is aware of the stakes). | Provenance
Bruno has written a very large check, and if the money from his pay is not deposited by Monday, it will bounce, leaving Bruno in a very bad situation with his creditors. | ||||||
evidence | First Person | Evidence is Bruno's own recent experience/memory of visiting the bank (first-person evidence). | Provenance
Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
attribution_person | First Person | The target knowledge claim is a first-person self-ascription ('I know...'). | Provenance
Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Reliability of the evidence source is not meaningfully specified/manipulated beyond recency; coded as null. | Provenance
Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week..." |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bank | Bank (baseline; low stakes) | 183 | 3.83 | 1.065 | — | Provenance
Bank,183 3.83,1.065 | ||||||
High_Stakes | High Stakes | 181 | 3.71 | 1.108 | — | Provenance
High stakes,181 3.71,1.108 |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 0.987 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 362 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.243 |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s1_e2 · Bank vs High Standards · Between-Subjects · d=0.175356957931 · v=0.011062626544| effect_id | s1_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Bank vs High Standards |
| subgroup_desc | Agreement that Bruno's self-ascribed knowledge assertion is true (error-possibility salience / high standards) |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.175356957931 |
| v | 0.011062626544 |
| computed_from | groups |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed from Table 1 group stats in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_groups). |
| scenario | bank |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | Yes |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | First Person |
| attribution_person | First Person |
| evidence_reliability | — |
| group_high | High_Standards |
|---|---|
| group_low | Bank |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Test 2: baseline Bank vs High Standards (salient error possibilities). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | bank | Vignette is explicitly a bank-hours case ('the bank will be open on Saturday'). | Provenance
High Standards ... Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | Yes | High Standards probe explicitly introduces counterconsiderations/error possibilities about bank hours. | Provenance
Sylvie says, "Banks are typically closed on Saturday. Maybe this bank won't be open tomorrow either. Banks can always change their hours..." | ||||||
awareness | Yes | Nothing suggests stakes are hidden from the subject; the vignette describes the (low) stakes context as part of the scenario. | Provenance
Although they generally like to deposit their paychecks as soon as possible, it is not especially important in this case that they be deposited right away. | ||||||
evidence | First Person | Evidence is Bruno's own recent experience/memory of visiting the bank (first-person evidence). | Provenance
Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
attribution_person | First Person | The target knowledge claim is a first-person self-ascription ('I know...'). | Provenance
Bruno tells Sylvie, "...I know that the bank will be open on Saturday." | ||||||
evidence_reliability | — | Reliability of the evidence source is not meaningfully specified/manipulated beyond recency; coded as null. | Provenance
Bruno tells Sylvie, "I was just here last week..." |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bank | Bank (baseline) | 183 | 3.83 | 1.065 | — | Provenance
Bank,183 3.83,1.065 | ||||||
High_Standards | High Standards | 180 | 3.64 | 1.102 | — | Provenance
High standards,180 3.64,1.102 |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 1.637 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 361 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.14 |
| reported_d | — |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
schema_version: "1.1"
paper:
paper_id: buckwalter2010knowledgeisntclosed
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research_objective: "Test whether ordinary knowledge-attribution judgments in DeRose-style bank cases vary with stakes or with salient error possibilities (high standards), evaluating predictions from epistemic contextualism and subject-sensitive invariantism."
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studies:
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label: "Bank probes (SUNY Buffalo undergraduates)"
objective: "Compare agreement that a first-person bank-hours knowledge assertion is true across three between-subjects vignette versions: baseline Bank, High Stakes (stakes raised), and High Standards (error possibilities made salient)."
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characteristics: "SUNY Buffalo undergraduates; ~75% age 18–20 (range 18–38); 55% male; >70% originally from New York State area."
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quote: "The population group for this study consisted of 544 undergraduate students at The State University of New York at Buffalo... approximately 75% were between the ages of 18 and 20 (range 18-38), 55% were male, and over 70% reported that they were originally from the New York State area."
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table_ref: null
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provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bank: \"it is not especially important in this case that they be deposited right away.\" High Stakes: \"Bruno has written a very large check... if the money from his pay is not deposited by Monday, it will bounce...\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
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moderators:
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moderators_coding:
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provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bank Sylvie and Bruno are driving home from work on a Friday afternoon... Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Vignette is explicitly a bank-hours case ('the bank will be open on Saturday')."
skeptical_pressure:
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page: null
quote: "High Stakes ... Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsideration about bank hours is raised in the Bank or High Stakes probes (only stakes are raised)."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bruno has written a very large check, and if the money from his pay is not deposited by Monday, it will bounce, leaving Bruno in a very bad situation with his creditors."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "High-stakes consequences are described as facts about Bruno's situation (implying the subject is aware of the stakes)."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Evidence is Bruno's own recent experience/memory of visiting the bank (first-person evidence)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The target knowledge claim is a first-person self-ascription ('I know...')."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week...\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Reliability of the evidence source is not meaningfully specified/manipulated beyond recency; coded as null."
contrast:
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group_low: Bank
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Test 1: baseline Bank vs High Stakes."
groups:
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n: 183
mean: 3.83
sd: 1.065
se: null
provenance:
page: 10
quote: "Bank,183 3.83,1.065"
tei_id: null
table_ref: tabula_stream_p10_t1.csv
- group_id: High_Stakes
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n: 181
mean: 3.71
sd: 1.108
se: null
provenance:
page: 10
quote: "High stakes,181 3.71,1.108"
tei_id: null
table_ref: tabula_stream_p10_t1.csv
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chi2: null
z: null
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df2: null
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reported_d: null
reported_r: null
notes: null
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quote: "Differences are not significant between groups, t (362)=.987, p=.243"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
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d: 0.110436839422
v: 0.011006188465
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needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from Table 1 group stats in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_groups)."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s1_e2
subgroup: "Bank vs High Standards"
subgroup_desc: "Agreement that Bruno's self-ascribed knowledge assertion is true (error-possibility salience / high standards)"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
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skeptical_pressure: "Yes"
awareness: "Yes"
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moderators_coding:
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provenance:
page: null
quote: "High Standards ... Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Vignette is explicitly a bank-hours case ('the bank will be open on Saturday')."
skeptical_pressure:
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page: null
quote: "Sylvie says, \"Banks are typically closed on Saturday. Maybe this bank won't be open tomorrow either. Banks can always change their hours...\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "High Standards probe explicitly introduces counterconsiderations/error possibilities about bank hours."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Although they generally like to deposit their paychecks as soon as possible, it is not especially important in this case that they be deposited right away."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Nothing suggests stakes are hidden from the subject; the vignette describes the (low) stakes context as part of the scenario."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week and I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Evidence is Bruno's own recent experience/memory of visiting the bank (first-person evidence)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Bruno tells Sylvie, \"...I know that the bank will be open on Saturday.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The target knowledge claim is a first-person self-ascription ('I know...')."
evidence_reliability:
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page: null
quote: "Bruno tells Sylvie, \"I was just here last week...\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Reliability of the evidence source is not meaningfully specified/manipulated beyond recency; coded as null."
contrast:
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sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Test 2: baseline Bank vs High Standards (salient error possibilities)."
groups:
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n: 183
mean: 3.83
sd: 1.065
se: null
provenance:
page: 10
quote: "Bank,183 3.83,1.065"
tei_id: null
table_ref: tabula_stream_p10_t1.csv
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se: null
provenance:
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quote: "High standards,180 3.64,1.102"
tei_id: null
table_ref: tabula_stream_p10_t1.csv
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z: null
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reported_d: null
reported_r: null
notes: null
provenance:
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quote: "Differences are not significant between groups, t (361)=1.637, p=.140"
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
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d: 0.175356957931
v: 0.011062626544
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needs_review: false
notes: "Computed from Table 1 group stats in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_groups)."
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notes: null
notes: null