Study Stimuli and Questions == @[toc] # Demographic Questions ![enter image description here][1] # Training Session Stimuli and Question Text stimuli to introduce the participants to the task for each condition. - Stimulus for the condition without word-scale visualizations ![First text stimulus for the condition without word-scale visualizations to introduce the participants to the task.][2] - Stimulus for the condition with word-scale visualizations ![First text stimulus for the condition with word-scale visualizations to introduce the participants to the task.][3] - Question of the training session stimulus ![enter image description here][4] Participants were guided through instructions (i.e., first and last paragraphs). # Experiment Session Stimuli and Questions 1. Task Type: Calculated Information 1.1. First Stimulus: “Drop in Gang Violence Drove New York City Shootings Below 1,000 in 2016” Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][5] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][6] Text Stimulus Questions (The first question is an attention test) ![enter image description here][7] 1.2. Second Stimulus: “Prices of Vaginal Probiotics” Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][8] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][9] Text Stimulus Questions ![enter image description here][10] 2. Task Type: Relation of tendencies 2.1 First Stimulus: "A Nation on Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager" Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][11] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][12] Text Stimulus Question ![enter image description here][13] 2.2 Second Stimulus: "Growth Slows to a Crawl as War and Covid Grip the Biggest Economies" Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][14] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][15] Text Stimulus Question ![enter image description here][16] 3. Task Type: Non-monotonic development of a value 3.1 First Stimulus: "After The Biggest Loser, Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight" Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][17] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][18] Text Stimulus Question ![enter image description here][19] 3.2 Second Stimulus: "Patients Taking Experimental Obesity Drugs Lost More Than 50 Pounds, Maker Claims" Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][20] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][21] Text Stimulus Question ![enter image description here][22] 4. Task Type: Information not represented numerically 4.1 First Stimulus: "Warehouse Space Is the Latest Thing Being Hoarded" Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][23] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][24] Text Stimulus Question (The first question is an attention test) ![enter image description here][25] 4.2 Second Stimulus: State of shooting cases Condition without word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][26] Condition with word-scale visualizations ![enter image description here][27] Text Stimulus Question ![enter image description here][28] # General Questions - Condition without word-scale visualizations Participants were asked to evaluate their confidence in providing the correct answer as well as the easiness of the task. ![enter image description here][29] - Condition with word-scale visualizations In addition to the confidence and task easiness self-assessment questions, the participants in the condition with word-scale visualizations were asked whether their answers were mainly based on the text, the diagrams or both of them. ![enter image description here][30] [1]: https://osf.io/download/52krv/?direct%26mode=render [2]: https://osf.io/download/38y5n/?direct%26mode=render [3]: https://osf.io/download/sp43j/?direct%26mode=render [4]: https://osf.io/download/23yce/?direct&mode=render [5]: https://osf.io/download/jdnmw/?direct%26mode=render [6]: https://osf.io/download/abr4c/?direct%26mode=render [7]: https://osf.io/download/9mgqr/?direct%26mode=render [8]: https://osf.io/download/37k2d/?direct&mode=render [9]: https://osf.io/download/6an4t/?direct%26mode=render [10]: https://osf.io/download/uj5fy/?direct%26mode=render [11]: https://osf.io/download/7ze4s/?direct%26mode=render [12]: https://osf.io/download/wtfs7/?direct%26mode=render [13]: https://osf.io/download/xfn2c/?direct%26mode=render [14]: https://osf.io/download/u59rv/?direct%26mode=render [15]: https://osf.io/download/hzcg9/?direct%26mode=render [16]: https://osf.io/download/gsyhk/?direct%26mode=render [17]: https://osf.io/download/5gt4j/?direct%26mode=render [18]: https://osf.io/download/aqtzg/?direct%26mode=render [19]: https://osf.io/download/dquht/?direct%26mode=render [20]: https://osf.io/download/2muye/?direct%26mode=render [21]: https://osf.io/download/yfe8w/?direct%26mode=render [22]: https://osf.io/download/fv8pr/?direct%26mode=render [23]: https://osf.io/download/h6qm2/?direct%26mode=render [24]: https://osf.io/download/3wkmy/?direct%26mode=render [25]: https://osf.io/download/r45fe/?direct%26mode=render [26]: https://osf.io/download/qxvwg/?direct%26mode=render [27]: https://osf.io/download/bc43f/?direct%26mode=render [28]: https://osf.io/download/9cx8p/?direct%26mode=render [29]: https://osf.io/download/yntpw/?direct%26mode=render [30]: https://osf.io/download/4keq2/?direct%26mode=render