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Readers often struggle to match evidence types to claims, especially distinguishing correlational from causal evidence

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r3 · q2
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q2 i? Adult readers have difficulties distinguishing correlational from causal evidence, and younger readers struggle to question anecdotal evidence supporting causal claims. → Carita Kiili 2026

Evidence

Carita Kiili 2026

Carita Kiili, Ivar Bråten, and Julie Coiro. (2026). The framework of prior knowledge in online credibility evaluation. Educational Psychologist. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2026.2717081

q2 · i? · theoretical · r3

The review attributes to several cited studies that "adult readers may have difficulties distinguishing between correlational and causal evidence" and evaluating claims by evidence appropriateness. It adds that younger readers may struggle to question anecdotal evidence for causal claims. No effect sizes are printed.

"several studies have shown that adult readers may have difficulties distinguishing between correlational and causal evidence (Bleske-Rechek et al., 2015; List, 2024; List et al., 2022) and further evaluating correlational and causal claims based on the appropriateness of the evidence (Steffens et al., 2014)."

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type claim
id readers-struggle-matching-evidence-types-to-claims
title Readers often struggle to match evidence types to claims, especially distinguishing correlational from causal evidence
description Readers often struggle to match evidence types to claims, especially distinguishing correlational from causal evidence
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2026
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-22
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sources 1 — carita-kiili-2026

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