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positive outcomes (mean 35.6) and negative outcomes [mean 28.2; F(2,71) = 3.87, p = .03]. As
the inspection of means from Figure 30.4 reveals, in one case (health care), individuals assigned
equal probabilities to outcomes presented in ambiguous and negative ways, and in another (pub-
lic roads), the probabilities of ambiguous and positive outcomes were similar. This interaction can
be accounted for by the background knowledge of the participants. At the time of the election,
many politicians from other parties accused Civic Platform that this party’s public health reform
would result in a larger number of ...