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A subset of data by Hussey and Hughes (2020) investigating the Need for Cognition scale (Cacioppo, Petty, & Kao, 1984).

Usage

NeedforCognition_HusseyHughes_data

Format

NeedforCognition_HusseyHughes_data

A data frame with 6,649 rows and 25 columns:

user_id

Unique participant ID for each participant

session_id

Unique session ID for each participant

datetime_ymdhms

Study completion timestamp

age

Participant age

sex

Participant sex ('m' or 'f')

individual_differences_measure

indicating which scale is measured (all filtered to 'NFC')

individual_differences_sum_score

Sum score for Need for Cognition scale

nfc1, nfc2, nfc3, nfc4, nfc5, nfc6, nfc7, nfc8, nfc9, nfc10, nfc11, nfc12, nfc13, nfc14, nfc15, nfc16, nfc17, nfc18

scores for each of the 18 items on Need for Cognition (range: 1-6)