From Relevance and Deceit to Understanding and Decision Making, what are the effects? A study looking at the effects of Visual Representations and Topic Relevance on Understanding and Decision Making.
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2021-06-07
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This study looked at the effect of Topic Relevance in a high and low condition, and Visual Representations in a controlled and distorted condition, on Understanding and Decision Making. Six hypotheses were created to test for effects.
This study conducted an experiment in the form of a questionnaire available to people living in the Netherlands. The questionnaire asked participants in a fictive setting to make a decision on whether the government should reopen non-essential stores in the Netherlands during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The results showed non-significant effects on all conditions. This study suggested that Topic Relevance is observed by people. Manipulation checks were used to find out if Topic Relevance made a difference to people and this was confirmed with a good Cronbach’s Alpha. This study in its questionnaire failed to find significant results on this matter.
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