1 Stimulus example

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2 Demo Video

sID: a subject identifier
Condition: a condition identifier for all 36 between subject conditions (resulting from our counterbalancing factors)
Cause_order: the presentation order (from left to right) of the three causes on the screen (3 = the cc with three effects; 1 = the se with one effect; 0 = the non-cause)
Query_order: the order (top to bottom) in which the strength queries were presented on the screen (3 = the cc with three effects; 1 = the se with one effect; 0 = the non-cause)
multiple_strength_rating: subjects’ strength ratings for the cc
non_conn_strength_rating: subjects’ strength ratings for the non-cause (not connected to any effect)
single_strength_rating: subjects’ strength ratings for the single-effect cause
Desktop_Confirmation: subjects had to confirm to do the study on a desktop pc (1)
Attention_Confirmation: subjects had to confirm that they were willing to pay attention (1)
Justification: subjects wrote short explanations for their strength ratings (only in the pilot study)
Age: age in years
Sex: sex (1 = male, 2 = female, 3 = non-binary)
Technical issues: subjects were asked to report any technical issues they may have experienced during the experiment
Duration (sek): the time subjects took to finish the experiment (in seconds)

sID: a subject ID
Order: factor coding whether the 4-links or the 8-links chain were shown at the top
strength_1_4 and so forth: subjects’ strength ratings (1_4 means, for example, strength ratings for the first links of the 4-links chain)
Desktop_Confirmation: subjects had to confirm that they do the study on a Desktop PC
Attention_Confirmation: subjects had to indicate that they were willing to pay attention
Age: subjects’ age
Sex: 1 = male, 2 = female, 3 = non-binary
Technical_issues: subjects could indicate whether they experienced any technical problems during the study

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