Readers judge a diagram's argumentative position above chance in all conditions except when both text and color are absent, and deleting graphics is more detrimental than deleting text¶

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q2 i? For-against judgments were above chance in all conditions except when text and color were absent (-T?G-C). → Marije van Amelsvoort 2016

Evidence¶

Marije van Amelsvoort 2016¶

Marije van Amelsvoort, Alfons Maes. (2016). Show me your opinion. Perceptual cues in creating and reading argument diagrams. Instructional Science 44:335–357. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-016-9378-9

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Perception study with 94 participants randomly assigned to six conditions judging 17 diagrams under 4-s and unlimited time. Judgments were above chance except in the -T?G-C condition (p = .21 limited, p = .10 unlimited); equivalence was not tested.

"In making for-against judgments, participants scored above chance (p \ .001) in all conditions, except when text and color were absent ( -T?G-C; p = .21 in limited and p = .10 in unlimited time)."

Discussion¶

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