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Table 6 One-way ANOVA for age groups on conspiracy, misinformation, and anxiety

From: Trust in information sources as a moderator of the impact of COVID-19 anxiety and exposure to information on conspiracy thinking and misinformation beliefs: a multilevel study

Variables

Source of variance

Sum of squares

DF

Mean square

F

P

Conspiracy theories

Between Groups

1679.40

2

839.701

8.34

0.000

Within Groups

50919.51

506

100.631

  

Total

52598.91

508

   

Misinformation

beliefs

Between Groups

2944.57

2

1472.282

16.97

0.000

Within Groups

43902.45

506

86.764

  

Total

46847.02

508

   

COVID-19 anxiety

Between Groups

57.04

2

28.519

1.31

0.271

Within Groups

11032.12

506

21.803

  

Total

11089.16

508

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