6,495 responses from 433 respondents to 15 items.
One of 5 tables from the same source; this one is the conspiracy_gcbs table. The others are listed under Related tables.
| Description | Conspiracy beliefs study — Generic Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (15 items, 1-5; N=433). |
|---|---|
| Reference | Webster-Harris C (2025). Conspiracy Belief and the association with autistic traits, schizotypy, cognitive flexibility, and thinking styles. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30903575.v2 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Source data | https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.30903575.v2 |
| Responses | 6,495 |
|---|---|
| Respondents | 433 |
| Items | 15 |
| Response categories | 5 |
| Responses per respondent | 15 |
| Responses per item | 433 |
| Density | 1 |
| Longitudinal | FALSE |
| age range | Adult (18+) |
|---|---|
| sample | Internet-based |
| measurement tool | Survey/questionnaire |
| item format | Likert Scale/selected response |
This table has item text in the IRW: the wording administered to respondents, not just the response codes.
| Instrument | Generic Conspiracy Beliefs Scale |
|---|---|
| Mean words per item | 15.467 |
| Mean characters per item | 98.200 |
| Mean characters per response | 8 |
| Flesch-Kincaid grade level | 10.986 |
This codebook is reconstructed by the IRW from the IRW data standard. It is our best reading, not the source’s own codebook, and it may contain mistakes. Where the two disagree, the source data are the authority. If you find an error, please tell us.
| Column | What it is | Source column |
|---|---|---|
| IRW standard columns | ||
id | IRW standard Identifier for the focal unit being measured — typically a person, but sometimes another entity (e.g., a word in a lexical task). | not traced |
item | IRW standard Item identifier. | not traced |
resp | IRW standard Response value. | not traced |
| Respondent covariates | ||
cov_age | Covariate | not traced |
cov_education | Covariate | not traced |
cov_employed | Covariate | not traced |
cov_gender | Covariate | not traced |
cov_job_satisfaction | Covariate | not traced |
cov_life_satisfaction | Covariate | not traced |
cov_political_orientation | Covariate | not traced |
cov_relationship_satisfaction | Covariate | not traced |
cov_religion | Covariate | not traced |
cov_religiosity | Covariate | not traced |
What item codes and covariate values stand for is in the codebook released with the source data.
Or load it directly in R or Python (both need a free Redivis account; the first call opens a browser to sign in):
# R
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("itemresponsewarehouse/Rpkg")
library(irw)
df <- irw_fetch("conspiracy_asd__conspiracy_gcbs")
# Python
pip install irw
import irw
df = irw.fetch("conspiracy_asd__conspiracy_gcbs")
@misc{Webster-Harris_2025, title={Conspiracy Belief and the association with autistic traits, schizotypy, cognitive flexibility, and thinking styles}, DOI={10.6084/m9.figshare.30903575.v2}, publisher={figshare}, author={Webster-Harris, C}, year={2025}}
| IRW version | v569 |
|---|---|
| Redivis dataset | item_response_warehouse_2 v33.0 |
| Redivis dataset DOI | 10.57761/6m04-m698 |
| Manifest pin for this IRW version | v33.0 |
| Metadata source | irw_meta v43.0 |