Dealing with conflicting information from multiple nonlinear texts: Effects of prior attitudes

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-111

  Van Strien, Johan L H ^a   Brand Gruwel, Saskia ^a   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflicting information; Multiple texts; Nonlinear text; Prior attitudes

Indexed keywords

CONFLICTING INFORMATION; CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE TEXTS; NONLINEAR TEXT; ORDINAL REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF INFORMATIONS; PRIOR ATTITUDES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84891363576     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.021     Document Type: Article

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