I assume this was a linear scaleMJMcCready wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:37 amI think they were asked 'On a scale of 1-10 how sure are you that he is guilty'. After analysis, the mean was calculated at 6.66.
I think it demonstrates the power of phrasing essentially the same question in different ways (as evidenced in much referendum discussion).
I suspect that being asked the question in this way may lead to responses tending to cluster around the half-way point - i.e. that people are reluctant to answer with an extreme. Presumably there is research on this.
It would seem possible to secure a conviction with a score of about 5.5 yet an acquittal on 9+