| paper_id | phelan2014evidencestakesmatter |
|---|---|
| short_label | Phelan 2014 (evidence) |
| citation | Phelan, M. (2014). Evidence that stakes don't matter for evidence. Philosophical Psychology. |
| doi | 10.1080/09515089.2012.733363 |
| year | 2014 |
| published | Yes |
| language | English |
| language_other | — |
| research_objective | Assess whether ordinary judgments support anti-intellectualism about evidence (AIE): whether evidence/evidence-quality depends on practical stakes. |
| data_available_online | — |
| data_url | — |
| notes | — |
| study_id | 1 |
|---|---|
| label | Experiment 1 (Passerby; UNC students) |
| objective | Test whether practical stakes affect judgments about how confident an agent should be, comparing Unimportant vs Important cases presented either singly or juxtaposed (Two Cases). |
| design | — |
| design_other | Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition. |
| manipulated_factors | Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| paradigm | Rating confidence in the belief |
| paradigm_other | — |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 107 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | students |
| recruitment_other | — |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates in introductory philosophy classes; mean previous philosophy classes taken = 1 (mode 0). |
| mean_age | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | Likert 7-point |
|---|---|
| points | 7 |
| anchors | 1 = not confident; 7 = very confident |
| direction | Higher = more confident |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | — |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street? |
other · Main Street navigation / street name (passerby testimony)| scenario_code | other |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Main Street navigation / street name (passerby testimony) |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s1_e1 · Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) · Between-Subjects · d=0.12 · v=0.076230790185| effect_id | s1_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) |
| subgroup_desc | Passerby; between-subjects |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.12 |
| v | 0.076230790185 |
| computed_from | reported_d |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | d from paper; v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_reported_d_t_df). |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | Medium |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Important = high stakes; Unimportant = low stakes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. "Main Street," the passerby says. | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important condition. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source). | Provenance
Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. "Main Street," the passerby says. | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | Medium | A normal passerby is not flagged as unreliable; coded as moderately reliable per coding guide. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | — | 5.11 | 1.23 | — | Provenance
Mean: "Unimportant (5.11)". SD: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.23". | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | — | 4.93 | 1.77 | — | Provenance
Mean: "Important (4.93)". SD: "SD for important ¼ 1.77". |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 0.435 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 55 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.665 |
| reported_d | 0.12 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s1_e2 · Juxtaposed (Two Cases) · Within-Subjects · d=0.615914928275 · v=0.021091883797| effect_id | s1_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| subgroup_desc | Passerby; within-subjects |
| design | Within-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.615914928275 |
| v | 0.021091883797 |
| computed_from | groups |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | Medium |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Two Cases condition: same participants rated both Unimportant and Important vignettes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. "Main Street," the passerby says. | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source). | Provenance
Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. "Main Street," the passerby says. | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | Medium | A normal passerby is not flagged as unreliable; coded as moderately reliable per coding guide. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | 50 | 5.32 | 1.27 | — | Provenance
Mean: "unimportant case (5.32)". SD: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.27". | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | 50 | 4.5 | 1.39 | — | Provenance
Mean: "important case (4.5)". SD: "SD for important ¼ 1.39". |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 4.499 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 49 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.001 |
| reported_d | 0.62 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed; reported as p ≤ .001. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| study_id | 2 |
|---|---|
| label | Experiment 2 (Single drunk; mTurk) |
| objective | Replicate Experiment 1 with an unreliable source (drunk testimony) and the same stakes manipulation, including a Two Cases condition. |
| design | — |
| design_other | Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition. |
| manipulated_factors | Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| paradigm | Rating confidence in the belief |
| paradigm_other | — |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 113 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | mTurk |
| recruitment_other | — |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | mTurk participants; 19 excluded for failing a comprehension check (age/gender/language reported in text). |
| mean_age | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | Likert 7-point |
|---|---|
| points | 7 |
| anchors | 1 = not confident; 7 = very confident |
| direction | Higher = more confident |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | — |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street? |
other · Main Street navigation / street name (drunk testimony)| scenario_code | other |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Main Street navigation / street name (drunk testimony) |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s2_e1 · Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) · Between-Subjects · d=0.15 · v=0.056845592404| effect_id | s2_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) |
| subgroup_desc | Single drunk; between-subjects |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.15 |
| v | 0.056845592404 |
| computed_from | reported_d |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | d from paper; v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_reported_d_t_df). |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | Low |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Important = high stakes; Unimportant = low stakes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet... Kate asks the drunk the name of the street. | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the drunk is inaccurate. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source). | Provenance
Kate asks the drunk the name of the street. "Main Street," the drunk says. | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | Low | The source is explicitly a drunk (framed as unreliable); coded Low per coding guide. | Provenance
A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | — | 4.29 | 1.35 | — | Provenance
Mean: "Unimportant (4.29)". SD: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.35". | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | — | 4.08 | 1.46 | — | Provenance
Mean: "Important (4.08)". SD: "SD for important ¼ 1.46". |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 0.63 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 72 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.531 |
| reported_d | 0.15 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s2_e2 · Juxtaposed (Two Cases) · Within-Subjects · d=0.298631225039 · v=0.018293092206| effect_id | s2_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| subgroup_desc | Single drunk; within-subjects |
| design | Within-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.298631225039 |
| v | 0.018293092206 |
| computed_from | groups |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | Low |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Two Cases condition: same participants rated both Unimportant and Important vignettes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet... Kate asks the drunk the name of the street. | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the drunk is inaccurate. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source). | Provenance
Kate asks the drunk the name of the street. "Main Street," the drunk says. | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | Low | The source is explicitly a drunk (framed as unreliable); coded Low per coding guide. | Provenance
A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | 36 | 4.14 | 1.55 | — | Provenance
Mean: "unimportant (4.14)". SD: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.55". | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | 36 | 3.64 | 1.79 | — | Provenance
Mean: "important (3.64)". SD: "SD for important ¼ 1.79". |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 2.24 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 35 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.032 |
| reported_d | 0.3 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed; Three additional participants (passed comprehension) excluded from this analysis for missing a rating. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| study_id | 3 |
|---|---|
| label | Experiment 3 (Street signs; UNC students) |
| objective | Test whether stakes affect confidence judgments when the evidence source is highly reliable (street sign), including a Two Cases condition. |
| design | — |
| design_other | Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition. |
| manipulated_factors | Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| paradigm | Rating confidence in the belief |
| paradigm_other | — |
| notes | — |
| n_final | 141 |
|---|---|
| recruitment | students |
| recruitment_other | — |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates; mean previous philosophy classes taken = 1 (mode 0). |
| mean_age | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | Likert 7-point |
|---|---|
| points | 7 |
| anchors | 1 = not confident; 7 = very confident |
| direction | Higher = more confident |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | — |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street? |
other · Main Street navigation / street name (street sign observation)| scenario_code | other |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Main Street navigation / street name (street sign observation) |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s3_e1 · Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) · Between-Subjects · d=-0.15 · v=0.049536825638| effect_id | s3_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) |
| subgroup_desc | Street sign; between-subjects |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | -0.15 |
| v | 0.049536825638 |
| computed_from | reported_d |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | d magnitude from paper; sign follows d = mean(low) - mean(high); v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | High |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Sign convention yields a negative d here because mean(Important) > mean(Unimportant). |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name evidence (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
Kate... looks up at a street sign that says "Main Street." | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is from an external source (a street sign). | Provenance
Kate... looks up at a street sign that says "Main Street." | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | High | Street sign with normal lighting/vision is framed as highly reliable; coded High per coding guide. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | — | 5.61 | 1.34 | — | Provenance
Mean: "Unimportant (5.61)". SD: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.34". | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | — | 5.79 | 0.96 | — | Provenance
Mean: "Important (5.79)". SD: "SD for important ¼ 0.96". |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 0.675 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 73 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.502 |
| reported_d | 0.15 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed; reported d appears unsigned in notes, so sign is applied via contrast.sign_convention. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s3_e2 · Juxtaposed (Two Cases) · Within-Subjects · d=0.334222060185 · v=0.013614587204| effect_id | s3_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| subgroup_desc | Street sign; within-subjects |
| design | Within-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.334222060185 |
| v | 0.013614587204 |
| computed_from | groups |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | High |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Two Cases condition: same participants rated both Unimportant and Important vignettes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name evidence (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
Kate... looks up at a street sign that says "Main Street." | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is from an external source (a street sign). | Provenance
Kate... looks up at a street sign that says "Main Street." | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | High | Street sign with normal lighting/vision is framed as highly reliable; coded High per coding guide. | Provenance
She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | 66 | 5.76 | 1.55 | — | Provenance
Mean: "unimportant case (5.76)". SD: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.55". | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | 66 | 5.26 | 1.44 | — | Provenance
Mean: "important case (5.26)". SD: "SD for important ¼ 1.44". |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 2.92 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 65 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.005 |
| reported_d | 0.34 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| study_id | 4 |
|---|---|
| label | Superseded prior study (Two drunks; UNC students) |
| objective | Superseded earlier version of Experiment 2 using two drunks as the information source (reported only in notes). |
| design | — |
| design_other | Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition (inferred from reported dfs). |
| manipulated_factors | Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| paradigm | Rating confidence in the belief |
| paradigm_other | — |
| notes | — |
| n_final | — |
|---|---|
| recruitment | students |
| recruitment_other | — |
| compensation | — |
| compensation_other | — |
| characteristics | Conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill; sample size not explicitly reported in notes (only test dfs reported). |
| mean_age | — |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| label | Likert 7-point |
|---|---|
| points | 7 |
| anchors | 1 = not confident; 7 = very confident |
| direction | Higher = more confident |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
| knowledge_question_text | — |
|---|---|
| knowledge_question_first | — |
| additional_question_text | How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street? |
other · Main Street navigation / street name (two drunks testimony; superseded)| scenario_code | other |
|---|---|
| scenario_type | Main Street navigation / street name (two drunks testimony; superseded) |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s4_e1 · Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) · Between-Subjects · d=0.2 · v=0.103978398754| effect_id | s4_e1 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Non-juxtaposed (single vignette) |
| subgroup_desc | Two drunks; between-subjects |
| design | Between-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.2 |
| v | 0.103978398754 |
| computed_from | reported_d |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | d from paper notes; v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_reported_d_t_df). |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | Low |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Superseded two-drunks study; statistics reported in notes. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
two drunks are standing on the corner... Kate asks the drunks the name of the street. | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit skeptical prompt is introduced; the manipulation concerns source reliability and stakes. | Provenance
two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is testimony from other people (external source). | Provenance
Kate asks the drunks the name of the street. 'Main Street', the drunks say. | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | Low | Source is explicitly 'two drunks' (unreliable); coded Low per coding guide. | Provenance
two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | — | 4.72 | 1.23 | — | Provenance
Unimportant (M ¼ 4.72, SD ¼ 1.23). | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | — | 4.39 | 1.91 | — | Provenance
Important (M ¼ 4.39, SD ¼ 1.91). |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 0.622 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 34 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.538 |
| reported_d | 0.2 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
s4_e2 · Juxtaposed (Two Cases) · Within-Subjects · d=0.601282159377 · v=0.024382063341| effect_id | s4_e2 |
|---|---|
| subgroup | Juxtaposed (Two Cases) |
| subgroup_desc | Two drunks; within-subjects |
| design | Within-Subjects |
| design_other | — |
| quality_flags | — |
| notes | — |
| metric | SMD |
|---|---|
| d | 0.601282159377 |
| v | 0.024382063341 |
| computed_from | groups |
| needs_review | false |
| notes | Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1. |
| scenario | other |
|---|---|
| skeptical_pressure | No |
| awareness | Yes |
| evidence | External |
| attribution_person | — |
| evidence_reliability | Low |
| group_high | Important |
|---|---|
| group_low | Unimportant |
| sign_convention | d = mean(low) - mean(high) |
| other_notes | Superseded two-drunks study; Two Cases condition. |
| moderator | value | reason | evidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
scenario | other | The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos). | Provenance
two drunks are standing on the corner... Kate asks the drunks the name of the street. | ||||||
skeptical_pressure | No | No explicit skeptical prompt is introduced; the manipulation concerns source reliability and stakes. | Provenance
two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion. | ||||||
awareness | Yes | The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette. | Provenance
Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it. | ||||||
evidence | External | The agent's evidence is testimony from other people (external source). | Provenance
Kate asks the drunks the name of the street. 'Main Street', the drunks say. | ||||||
attribution_person | — | DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable. | Provenance
"how confident should Kate be" | ||||||
evidence_reliability | Low | Source is explicitly 'two drunks' (unreliable); coded Low per coding guide. | Provenance
two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion. |
| group_id | label | n | mean | sd | se | provenance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unimportant | Low stakes (Unimportant) | 36 | 4.53 | 1.32 | — | Provenance
Unimportant (M ¼ 4.53, SD ¼ 1.32). | ||||||
Important | High stakes (Important) | 36 | 3.69 | 1.47 | — | Provenance
Important (M ¼ 3.69, SD ¼ 1.47). |
| test | t |
|---|---|
| t | 4.14 |
| f | — |
| chi2 | — |
| z | — |
| df1 | 35 |
| df2 | — |
| p | 0.001 |
| reported_d | 0.6 |
| reported_r | — |
| notes | Two-tailed; reported as p ≤ 0.001. |
| page | — |
|---|---|
| table_ref | — |
| tei_id | — |
schema_version: "1.1"
paper:
paper_id: phelan2014evidencestakesmatter
citation: "Phelan, M. (2014). Evidence that stakes don't matter for evidence. Philosophical Psychology."
short_label: "Phelan 2014 (evidence)"
doi: "10.1080/09515089.2012.733363"
published: "Yes"
year: 2014
language: "English"
language_other: null
research_objective: "Assess whether ordinary judgments support anti-intellectualism about evidence (AIE): whether evidence/evidence-quality depends on practical stakes."
data_availability:
data_available_online: null
url: null
notes: null
notes: null
studies:
- study_id: 1
label: "Experiment 1 (Passerby; UNC students)"
objective: "Test whether practical stakes affect judgments about how confident an agent should be, comparing Unimportant vs Important cases presented either singly or juxtaposed (Two Cases)."
sample:
n_final: 107
recruitment: students
recruitment_other: null
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates in introductory philosophy classes; mean previous philosophy classes taken = 1 (mode 0)."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "I asked 107 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill undergraduate students in introductory philosophy classes... The mean number of previous philosophy classes taken by participants in this study was 1 (the mode was 0)."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: null
design_other: "Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition."
manipulated_factors:
- "Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
paradigm: "Rating confidence in the belief"
paradigm_other: null
scale:
label: "Likert 7-point"
points: 7
anchors: "1 = not confident; 7 = very confident"
direction: "Higher = more confident"
provenance:
page: null
quote: "This question was judged on a seven-point scale, with 1 representing 'not confident' and 7 representing 'very confident'."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: null
knowledge_question_first: null
additional_question_text: "How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?"
scenarios:
- scenario_code: other
scenario_type: "Main Street navigation / street name (passerby testimony)"
high_stakes_text: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
low_stakes_text: "Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Important: \"Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it.\" Unimportant: \"Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s1_e1
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design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
skeptical_pressure: "No"
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "Medium"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. \"Main Street,\" the passerby says."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important condition."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. \"Main Street,\" the passerby says."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
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evidence_reliability:
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page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "A normal passerby is not flagged as unreliable; coded as moderately reliable per coding guide."
contrast:
group_high: Important
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sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
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groups:
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n: null
mean: 5.11
sd: 1.23
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"Unimportant (5.11)\". SD: \"SD for unimportant ¼ 1.23\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
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n: null
mean: 4.93
sd: 1.77
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"Important (4.93)\". SD: \"SD for important ¼ 1.77\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 0.435
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 55
df2: null
p: 0.665
reported_d: 0.12
reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.23, SD for important ¼ 1.77, t (55) ¼ 0.435, p ¼ 0.665 (two tailed), d ¼ 0.12."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.120000000000
v: 0.076230790185
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needs_review: false
notes: "d from paper; v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_reported_d_t_df)."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s1_e2
subgroup: "Juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
subgroup_desc: "Passerby; within-subjects"
design: "Within-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
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awareness: "Yes"
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attribution_person: null
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moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. \"Main Street,\" the passerby says."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... asks a passerby the name of the street. \"Main Street,\" the passerby says."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the passerby is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "A normal passerby is not flagged as unreliable; coded as moderately reliable per coding guide."
contrast:
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sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
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n: 50
mean: 5.32
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se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"unimportant case (5.32)\". SD: \"SD for unimportant ¼ 1.27\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
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n: 50
mean: 4.5
sd: 1.39
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"important case (4.5)\". SD: \"SD for important ¼ 1.39\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 4.499
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
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df2: null
p: 0.001
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reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed; reported as p ≤ .001."
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page: null
quote: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.27, SD for important ¼ 1.39, t (49) ¼ 4.499, p 5 .001 (two tailed), d ¼ 0.62."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
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metric: SMD
d: 0.615914928275
v: 0.021091883797
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needs_review: false
notes: "Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- study_id: 2
label: "Experiment 2 (Single drunk; mTurk)"
objective: "Replicate Experiment 1 with an unreliable source (drunk testimony) and the same stakes manipulation, including a Two Cases condition."
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n_final: 113
recruitment: mTurk
recruitment_other: null
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "mTurk participants; 19 excluded for failing a comprehension check (age/gender/language reported in text)."
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page: null
quote: "In a second experiment, 132 participants on Amazon's Mechanical Turk were asked... 19 participants were rejected from the following analyses for failing a comprehension check."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: null
design_other: "Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition."
manipulated_factors:
- "Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
paradigm: "Rating confidence in the belief"
paradigm_other: null
scale:
label: "Likert 7-point"
points: 7
anchors: "1 = not confident; 7 = very confident"
direction: "Higher = more confident"
provenance:
page: null
quote: "For each vignette they received, each participant was asked... \"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\" Again, this question was judged on a seven-point scale."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: null
knowledge_question_first: null
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scenarios:
- scenario_code: other
scenario_type: "Main Street navigation / street name (drunk testimony)"
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low_stakes_text: "Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Important: \"Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it.\" Unimportant: \"Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s2_e1
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design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
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awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "Low"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet... Kate asks the drunk the name of the street."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the drunk is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate asks the drunk the name of the street. \"Main Street,\" the drunk says."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
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contrast:
group_high: Important
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sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
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groups:
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label: "Low stakes (Unimportant)"
n: null
mean: 4.29
sd: 1.35
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"Unimportant (4.29)\". SD: \"SD for unimportant ¼ 1.35\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
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n: null
mean: 4.08
sd: 1.46
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"Important (4.08)\". SD: \"SD for important ¼ 1.46\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 0.63
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 72
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p: 0.531
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provenance:
page: null
quote: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.35, SD for important ¼ 1.46, t (72) ¼ 0.63, p ¼ 0.531 (two-tailed), d ¼ 0.15."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.150000000000
v: 0.056845592404
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needs_review: false
notes: "d from paper; v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_reported_d_t_df)."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s2_e2
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subgroup_desc: "Single drunk; within-subjects"
design: "Within-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
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awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "Low"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet... Kate asks the drunk the name of the street."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the drunk is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate asks the drunk the name of the street. \"Main Street,\" the drunk says."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is testimony from another person (external source)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "A drunk is standing on the corner, looking a bit unsteady on his feet."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The source is explicitly a drunk (framed as unreliable); coded Low per coding guide."
contrast:
group_high: Important
group_low: Unimportant
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Two Cases condition: same participants rated both Unimportant and Important vignettes."
groups:
- group_id: Unimportant
label: "Low stakes (Unimportant)"
n: 36
mean: 4.14
sd: 1.55
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"unimportant (4.14)\". SD: \"SD for unimportant ¼ 1.55\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
label: "High stakes (Important)"
n: 36
mean: 3.64
sd: 1.79
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"important (3.64)\". SD: \"SD for important ¼ 1.79\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 2.24
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 35
df2: null
p: 0.032
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reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed; Three additional participants (passed comprehension) excluded from this analysis for missing a rating."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.55, SD for important ¼ 1.79, t (35) ¼ 2.24, p ¼ 0.032 (two-tailed), d ¼ 0.30. (Three additional participants who passed the comprehension check were rejected from this analysis because they did not rate at least one of the vignettes.)"
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table_ref: null
effect_size:
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notes: "Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- study_id: 3
label: "Experiment 3 (Street signs; UNC students)"
objective: "Test whether stakes affect confidence judgments when the evidence source is highly reliable (street sign), including a Two Cases condition."
sample:
n_final: 141
recruitment: students
recruitment_other: null
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates; mean previous philosophy classes taken = 1 (mode 0)."
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page: null
quote: "I made street signs the source of information for the 141 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill undergraduate participants. The mean number of previous philosophy classes taken by participants in this study was 1 (the mode was 0)."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: null
design_other: "Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition."
manipulated_factors:
- "Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
paradigm: "Rating confidence in the belief"
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scale:
label: "Likert 7-point"
points: 7
anchors: "1 = not confident; 7 = very confident"
direction: "Higher = more confident"
provenance:
page: null
quote: "For each vignette received, each participant was asked, \"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\" ... judged on a seven-point scale."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: null
knowledge_question_first: null
additional_question_text: "How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?"
scenarios:
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scenario_type: "Main Street navigation / street name (street sign observation)"
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provenance:
page: null
quote: "Important: \"Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it.\" Unimportant: \"Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s3_e1
subgroup: "Non-juxtaposed (single vignette)"
subgroup_desc: "Street sign; between-subjects"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
skeptical_pressure: "No"
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "High"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... looks up at a street sign that says \"Main Street.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name evidence (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... looks up at a street sign that says \"Main Street.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is from an external source (a street sign)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Street sign with normal lighting/vision is framed as highly reliable; coded High per coding guide."
contrast:
group_high: Important
group_low: Unimportant
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Sign convention yields a negative d here because mean(Important) > mean(Unimportant)."
groups:
- group_id: Unimportant
label: "Low stakes (Unimportant)"
n: null
mean: 5.61
sd: 1.34
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"Unimportant (5.61)\". SD: \"SD for unimportant ¼ 1.34\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
label: "High stakes (Important)"
n: null
mean: 5.79
sd: 0.96
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"Important (5.79)\". SD: \"SD for important ¼ 0.96\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 0.675
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 73
df2: null
p: 0.502
reported_d: 0.15
reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed; reported d appears unsigned in notes, so sign is applied via contrast.sign_convention."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.34, SD for important ¼ 0.96, t (73) ¼ 0.675, p ¼ 0.502 (two-tailed), d ¼ 0.15."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: -0.150000000000
v: 0.049536825638
computed_from: reported_d
needs_review: false
notes: "d magnitude from paper; sign follows d = mean(low) - mean(high); v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s3_e2
subgroup: "Juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
subgroup_desc: "Street sign; within-subjects"
design: "Within-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
skeptical_pressure: "No"
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "High"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... looks up at a street sign that says \"Main Street.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name evidence (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit doubt/counterconsiderations are introduced in the vignette."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate... looks up at a street sign that says \"Main Street.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is from an external source (a street sign)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "She has no special reason to believe that the street sign is inaccurate."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Street sign with normal lighting/vision is framed as highly reliable; coded High per coding guide."
contrast:
group_high: Important
group_low: Unimportant
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Two Cases condition: same participants rated both Unimportant and Important vignettes."
groups:
- group_id: Unimportant
label: "Low stakes (Unimportant)"
n: 66
mean: 5.76
sd: 1.55
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"unimportant case (5.76)\". SD: \"SD for unimportant ¼ 1.55\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
label: "High stakes (Important)"
n: 66
mean: 5.26
sd: 1.44
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Mean: \"important case (5.26)\". SD: \"SD for important ¼ 1.44\"."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 2.92
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 65
df2: null
p: 0.005
reported_d: 0.34
reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "SD for unimportant ¼ 1.55, SD for important ¼ 1.44, t (65) ¼ 2.92, p ¼ 0.005 (two-tailed), d ¼ 0.34."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.334222060185
v: 0.013614587204
computed_from: groups
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- study_id: 4
label: "Superseded prior study (Two drunks; UNC students)"
objective: "Superseded earlier version of Experiment 2 using two drunks as the information source (reported only in notes)."
sample:
n_final: null
recruitment: students
recruitment_other: null
compensation: null
compensation_other: null
characteristics: "Conducted at UNC-Chapel Hill; sample size not explicitly reported in notes (only test dfs reported)."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "This study supersedes a previous study, conducted at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, involving two drunks."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
design: null
design_other: "Mixed: between-subjects single-vignette conditions (Unimportant vs Important) and within-subjects Two Cases condition (inferred from reported dfs)."
manipulated_factors:
- "Case presentation: single vignette vs juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
paradigm: "Rating confidence in the belief"
paradigm_other: null
scale:
label: "Likert 7-point"
points: 7
anchors: "1 = not confident; 7 = very confident"
direction: "Higher = more confident"
provenance:
page: null
quote: "As in the first experiment... \"how confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?\" ... judged on a seven-point scale."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
measures:
knowledge_question_text: null
knowledge_question_first: null
additional_question_text: "How confident should Kate be that she is on Main Street?"
scenarios:
- scenario_code: other
scenario_type: "Main Street navigation / street name (two drunks testimony; superseded)"
high_stakes_text: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
low_stakes_text: "Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Important: \"Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it.\" Unimportant: \"Kate is ambling down the street, out on a walk for no particular reason and with no particular place to go.\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effects:
- effect_id: s4_e1
subgroup: "Non-juxtaposed (single vignette)"
subgroup_desc: "Two drunks; between-subjects"
design: "Between-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
skeptical_pressure: "No"
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "Low"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "two drunks are standing on the corner... Kate asks the drunks the name of the street."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit skeptical prompt is introduced; the manipulation concerns source reliability and stakes."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate asks the drunks the name of the street. 'Main Street', the drunks say."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is testimony from other people (external source)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Source is explicitly 'two drunks' (unreliable); coded Low per coding guide."
contrast:
group_high: Important
group_low: Unimportant
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Superseded two-drunks study; statistics reported in notes."
groups:
- group_id: Unimportant
label: "Low stakes (Unimportant)"
n: null
mean: 4.72
sd: 1.23
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Unimportant (M ¼ 4.72, SD ¼ 1.23)."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
label: "High stakes (Important)"
n: null
mean: 4.39
sd: 1.91
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Important (M ¼ 4.39, SD ¼ 1.91)."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 0.622
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 34
df2: null
p: 0.538
reported_d: 0.20
reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "For the original nonjuxtaposed drunks cases, scores for Unimportant (M ¼ 4.72, SD ¼ 1.23) did not differ significantly from Important (M ¼ 4.39, SD ¼ 1.91). t (34) ¼ 0.622, p ¼ 0.538 (two tailed), d ¼ 0.20."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.200000000000
v: 0.103978398754
computed_from: reported_d
needs_review: false
notes: "d from paper notes; v computed from reported d + t(df) in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd (method=between_reported_d_t_df)."
quality_flags: []
notes: null
- effect_id: s4_e2
subgroup: "Juxtaposed (Two Cases)"
subgroup_desc: "Two drunks; within-subjects"
design: "Within-Subjects"
design_other: null
moderators:
scenario: other
skeptical_pressure: "No"
awareness: "Yes"
evidence: "External"
attribution_person: null
evidence_reliability: "Low"
moderators_coding:
scenario:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "two drunks are standing on the corner... Kate asks the drunks the name of the street."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The vignette is about street navigation / street-name testimony (not bank/peanuts/bridge/typos)."
skeptical_pressure:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "No explicit skeptical prompt is introduced; the manipulation concerns source reliability and stakes."
awareness:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate needs to get to Main Street by noon: her life depends upon it."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The protagonist is explicitly aware of the high-stakes consequences in the Important vignette."
evidence:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Kate asks the drunks the name of the street. 'Main Street', the drunks say."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "The agent's evidence is testimony from other people (external source)."
attribution_person:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "\"how confident should Kate be\""
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "DV is a confidence rating, not a knowledge attribution; self/third-person knowledge-ascription coding is not applicable."
evidence_reliability:
provenance:
page: null
quote: "two drunks are standing on the corner in an intense discussion."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reason: "Source is explicitly 'two drunks' (unreliable); coded Low per coding guide."
contrast:
group_high: Important
group_low: Unimportant
sign_convention: "d = mean(low) - mean(high)"
other_notes: "Superseded two-drunks study; Two Cases condition."
groups:
- group_id: Unimportant
label: "Low stakes (Unimportant)"
n: 36
mean: 4.53
sd: 1.32
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Unimportant (M ¼ 4.53, SD ¼ 1.32)."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
- group_id: Important
label: "High stakes (Important)"
n: 36
mean: 3.69
sd: 1.47
se: null
provenance:
page: null
quote: "Important (M ¼ 3.69, SD ¼ 1.47)."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
reported_test:
test: "t"
t: 4.14
f: null
chi2: null
z: null
df1: 35
df2: null
p: 0.001
reported_d: 0.60
reported_r: null
notes: "Two-tailed; reported as p ≤ 0.001."
provenance:
page: null
quote: "For the original juxtaposed drunks cases, scores for Unimportant (M ¼ 4.53, SD ¼ 1.32) did not differ significantly from Important (M ¼ 3.69, SD ¼ 1.47). t (35) ¼ 4.14, p 5 0.001 (two-tailed), d ¼ 0.60."
tei_id: null
table_ref: null
effect_size:
metric: SMD
d: 0.601282159377
v: 0.024382063341
computed_from: groups
needs_review: false
notes: "Computed in analysis/effect_sizes.qmd using within_smcrp_t (paired t used to recover within-person r); n_total inferred as df+1."
quality_flags: []
notes: null