Table 5 Multiple regression analyses with gender, age, education, science knowledge, New Ecological Paradigm, political orientation and conspiracy mentality predicting agreement with true claims (Study 2)
β | B (SE) | 95% CI | t | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States (N = 995) | |||||
Gender (−1 male, +1 female) | 0.02 | 0.01 (0.02) | −0.03, 0.06 | 0.58 | 0.559 |
Age | −0.07 | −0.03 (0.02) | −0.06, −0.00 | −2.05 | 0.040 |
Education | 0.07 | 0.08 (0.04) | 0.01, 0.15 | 2.09 | 0.037 |
Science knowledge | −0.15 | −0.06 (0.01) | −0.09, −0.04 | −4.70 | 2.97e-6 |
NEP | 0.03 | 0.03 (0.04) | −0.05 0.12 | 0.77 | 0.444 |
Political orientation | −0.19 | −0.15 (0.03) | −0.20, −0.10 | −5.66 | 1.94e-8 |
Conspiracy mentality | 0.07 | 0.07 (0.03) | 0.01, 0.13 | 2.30 | 0.022 |
United Kingdom (N = 1003) | |||||
Gender (−1 male, +1 female) | −0.02 | −0.01 (0.02) | −0.05, 0.03 | −0.62 | 0.537 |
Age | −0.06 | −0.02 (0.01) | −0.05, 0.01 | −1.61 | 0.107 |
Education | 0.13 | 0.10 (0.03) | 0.05, 0.16 | 4.00 | 6.92e-5 |
Science knowledge | −0.11 | −0.04 (0.01) | −0.07, −0.02 | −3.18 | 0.002 |
NEP | −0.06 | −0.07 (0.04) | −0.14, 0.00 | −1.90 | 0.058 |
Political orientation | −0.05 | −0.04 (0.03) | −0.09, 0.01 | −1.52 | 0.129 |
Conspiracy mentality | 0.04 | 0.03 (0.03) | −0.02, 0.08 | 1.14 | 0.254 |
Australia (N = 1001) | |||||
Gender (−1 male, +1 female) | 0.10 | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.03, 0.12 | 3.10 | 0.002 |
Age | −0.09 | −0.04 (0.02) | −0.07, −0.01 | −2.89 | 0.004 |
Education | 0.16 | 0.15 (0.03) | 0.09, 0.21 | 4.94 | 9.10e-7 |
Science knowledge | −0.10 | −0.05 (0.01) | −0.07, −0.02 | −3.27 | 0.001 |
NEP | −0.11 | −0.14 (0.04) | −0.22, −0.06 | −3.39 | 7.25e-4 |
Political orientation | −0.09 | −0.10 (0.03) | −0.16, −0.03 | −2.88 | 0.004 |
Conspiracy mentality | 0.02 | 0.02 (0.03) | −0.04, 0.08 | 0.57 | 0.571 |
