Extended Data Fig. 9: Predicting seven-point ordinal scale with categorical rating for evaluation of false/misleading articles.
From: Online searches to evaluate misinformation can increase its perceived veracity
We predict the rating of an article on a 7-point scale using our categorical measure using a simple linear regression (ordinary least squares). This figure presents the effect of rating a false/misleading article as true on rating a false/misleading article as true on the 7-point ordinal scale and 95 percent confidence intervals. Pre-treatment, rating a false/misleading article as true increases the 7-point ordinal scale by 2.51 (Study 1; N = 1,145; P < 0.0001), 2.62 (Study 2; N = 1,010; P < 0.0001), 2.78 (Study 3; N = 982; P < 0.0001), 2.52 (Study 4; N = 386; P < 0.0001), and 2.74 (Study 5; N = 877; P < 0.0001). Post-treatment, rating a false/misleading article as true increases the 7-point ordinal scale by 2.86 (Study 1; N = 1,130; P < 0.0001), 2.52 (Study 2; N = 1,010; P < 0.0001), 2.76 (Study 3; N = 982; P < 0.0001), 2.61 (Study 4; N = 386; P < 0.0001), and 3.02 (Study 5; N = 608; P < 0.0001).
