Processing of news photos
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Table 2: Hierarchical regression results for perception scales
DVs> Interest
scale
Activity
scale
IV sets
β
Step
R
2
β
Step
R
2
Step 1: Income .016
.034
.250
.091
Age .175
-.086
Gender
-.118
-.119
Step 2: Visualizers scale
.227 .192*
.130
.021
Verbalizer scale
.244
-.016
Step 3: Interaction between
visualizer &
verbalizer
-.757
.003 -.192
.001
2
Total R
2
0.229
0.113
1
Beta’s are from the final model
2
Column may not add to total due to rounding
*alpha < .05
DVs> Complexity
scale
Typicality
scale
IV sets
β
Step
R
2
β
Step
R
2
Step 1: Income -.040
.003 -.026
.003
Age .152
-.075
Gender
-.044
-.038
Step 2: Visualizers scale
.529 .407* 1.413
.073
Verbalizer scale
.171
1.243
Step 3: Interaction between
visualizer &
verbalizer
-1.093
.007 -2.070
.026
2
Total R
2
0.418
0.102
1
Beta’s are from the final model
2
Column may not add to total due to rounding
*alpha < .05