No interaction between education or age and narrative codality on comprehension¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r3 · q3
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Subclaims¶

q3 i? The education × codality interaction was not significant, and Bayesian analysis strongly favored the main-effects model. → Markus Huff 2025 q3 i? The age × codality interaction was not significant, with extreme Bayesian evidence for its absence. → Markus Huff 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Markus Huff 2025¶

Markus Huff, Natalia Gagarina, Ekaterina Varkentin, Irina R. Brich. (2025). Education, Not Age, Linked to Narrative Comprehension. https://aspredicted.org/WT9_TK6

q3 · i? · causal · r3

In the main experiment the education × codality interaction was not significant (χ2(2) = 3.12, p = .210); Bayesian runs of 20 unseeded computations gave a mean BF of 1.97 x 105 favoring the main-effect model, described as extreme evidence for no interaction. No effect size was printed.

"But as expected, the interaction of both factors was not significant, χ2(2) = 3.12, p = .210, thus providing tentative partial evidence for H3."

Markus Huff 2025 (2)¶

Markus Huff, Natalia Gagarina, Ekaterina Varkentin, Irina R. Brich. (2025). Education, Not Age, Linked to Narrative Comprehension. https://aspredicted.org/WT9_TK6

q3 · i? · causal · r3

The age × codality interaction was likewise not significant (χ2(1) = 0.69, p = .405); Bayesian comparison of the main-effects model against the full model yielded a mean BF of 2.18 x 1010, extreme evidence for the absence of the interaction. No effect size was printed.

"Finally, the interaction of age and codality was not significant, χ2(1) = 0.69, p = .405, thus, providing further partial evidence for Hypothesis 3."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Narrative comprehension increases from low to high education, independent of narrative codality — related
• Narrative comprehension of bridging inferences remains stable across the adult age span — related
• Pictorial narratives are comprehended better than textual narratives across all education and age groups — related