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Table 4 Descriptive statistics and correlations between cognitive biases and individual differences

From: Differences in decisions affected by cognitive biases: examining human values, need for cognition, and numeracy

Variable

n

M

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1. Anchoring

363

26.67

58.63

          

2. Framing

409

2.27

2.99

−.03

         

3. Certainty

409

0.89

2.53

−.09

.03

        

4. Outcome

409

1.75

2.39

−.02

−.05

−.08

       

5. Self-direction

409

5.08

0.61

.12*

−.05

.07

.06

      

6. Conformity

409

4.49

0.82

.01

.06

−.00

−.05

.05

     

7. Power

409

2.76

1.08

.04

.02

−.12*

.01

.01

−.01

    

8. Universalism

409

5.17

0.57

−.03

.06

−.01

.05

.31**

.34**

−.11**

   

9. Need for Cognition

409

3.58

0.70

−.10

.04

.03

−.03

.23**

−.10*

−.09

.02

  

10. Objective Numeracy

409

0.67

0.36

−.16**

.19**

.07

−.05

.03

−.05

.15**

−.10

.28**

 

11. Subjective Numeracy

409

4.28

1.07

−.11*

.11**

.09

−.08

.01

−.05

.08

−.11*

.39**

.53**

  1. *p < .05. **p < .01