srol2021: Data on the social consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy...
In BBcor: Bayesian Bootstrapping Correlations

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Data from Study 1 in \insertCitesrol2021socialBBcor examining effects of prejudice and descrimination on COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs

1	data("srol2021")

A data frame with 501 rows and 24 variables

id: participant id
gender: participants' indicated gender (1 = "male", 2 = "female")
age: participants' indicated age
education: participants' indicated highest attained education level(1 = "elementary education", 2 = "high school without diploma", 3 = "high school with diploma", 4 = "undergraduate college degree", 5 = "graduate college degree", 6 = "doctoral degree")
combined_covid_conspiracy: average rating on 12 items of both generic and China-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
china_covid_conspiracy: average rating on 4 items of China-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
generic_covid_conspiracy: average rating on 8 items of generic COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
generic_covid_conspiracy_wo_hoax: average rating on 7 items of generic COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs (without the hoax theory item)
combined_covid_conspiracy_wo_hoax: average rating on 11 items of both generic and China-specific COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs (without the hoax theory item)
neg_feelings_italy:score on a feeling thermometer (higher score = more negative feelings) toward Italian people/ 0-100
neg_feelings_china:score on a feeling thermometer (higher score = more negative feelings) toward Chinese people/ 0-100
neg_feelings_roma: score on a feeling thermometer (higher score = more negative feelings) toward Roma people/ 0-100
social_distance_italy: average rating on three items of social distance toward Italian people
social_distance_china: average rating on three items of social distance toward Chinese people
social_distance_roma: average rating on three items of social distance toward Roma people
discrimination_italy: rating on one discrimination item for Italian people
discrimination_china: rating on one discrimination item for Chinese people
discrimination_roma: rating on one discrimination item for Roma people
italy_composite: composite average of 5 z-scores (feeling thermometer, 3 social distance items, and discrimination) for Italian people
china_composite: composite average of 5 z-scores (feeling thermometer, 3 social distance items, and discrimination) for Chinese people
roma_composite: composite average of 5 z-scores (feeling thermometer, 3 social distance items, and discrimination) for Roma people
information_exposure: average rating on the 3 items of exposure to information about COVID-19 pandemic
anxiety: average rating on the 4 items related to feelings of anxiety]
lack_of_control: average rating on the 4 items related to the feeling of lack of control