Table 1 Wave 1 survey: policy support across information conditions.

From: Effect of linguistic framing and information provision on attitudes towards induced seismicity and seismicity regulation

 

Control

Qualitatived

Quantitatived

Both

Traffic light system loose or stringent regulation?a

2.31c

2.29

2.43

2.44

Support/oppose limit change from 0.5 to 1.5 ML?b

2.59

2.68

2.69

2.83

  1. aFive-point bipolar scale, with don’t know (DK = 31%) (1 = Far too loosely, 2 = Somewhat loosely, 3 = About right, 4 = Somewhat stringently, 5 = Far too stringently).
  2. bSix-point bipolar scale, with don’t know (DK = 31%) (1 = Strongly oppose, 2 = Moderately oppose, 3 = Slightly oppose, 4 = Slightly support, 5 = Moderately support, 6 = Strongly support).
  3. cFollowing ANOVA tests/, we ran Tukey post-hoc tests for differences between means of the two policy-relevant attitudes, across the four treatment conditions. Results revealed no significant differences.
  4. dSee methods for text of qualitative and quantitative information provision.
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