An exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strength
According to Mercier and Sperber (2009, 2011, 2017), people have an immediate and intuitive feeling about the strength of an argument. These intuitive evaluations are not captured by current evaluation methods of argument strength, yet they could be important to predict the extent to which people ac...
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| description | According to Mercier and Sperber (2009, 2011, 2017), people have an immediate and intuitive feeling about the strength of an argument. These intuitive evaluations are not captured by current evaluation methods of argument strength, yet they could be important to predict the extent to which people accept the claim supported by the argument. In an exploratory study, therefore, a newly developed intuitive evaluation method to assess argument strength was compared to an explicit argument strength evaluation method (the PAS scale; Zhao et al., 2011), on their ability to predict claim acceptance (predictive validity) and on their sensitivity to differences in the manipulated quality of arguments (construct validity). An experimental study showed that the explicit argument strength evaluation performed well on the two validity measures. The intuitive evaluation measure, on the other hand, was not found to be valid. Suggestions for other ways of constructing and testing intuitive evaluation measures are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4757ee05f1a54795bd70be7a4e1bd58b2022-12-22T04:36:53ZdeuSeismo VerlagStudies in Communication Sciences1424-48962296-41502022-09-01222311324https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2022.02.003An exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strengthJos Hornikx0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-0997Annemarie Weerman1Hans Hoeken2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7535-1273Radboud University Nijmegen, Centre for Language StudiesRadboud University Nijmegen, Centre for Language StudiesUtrecht University, Department of Languages, Literature & CommunicationAccording to Mercier and Sperber (2009, 2011, 2017), people have an immediate and intuitive feeling about the strength of an argument. These intuitive evaluations are not captured by current evaluation methods of argument strength, yet they could be important to predict the extent to which people accept the claim supported by the argument. In an exploratory study, therefore, a newly developed intuitive evaluation method to assess argument strength was compared to an explicit argument strength evaluation method (the PAS scale; Zhao et al., 2011), on their ability to predict claim acceptance (predictive validity) and on their sensitivity to differences in the manipulated quality of arguments (construct validity). An experimental study showed that the explicit argument strength evaluation performed well on the two validity measures. The intuitive evaluation measure, on the other hand, was not found to be valid. Suggestions for other ways of constructing and testing intuitive evaluation measures are presented.perceived argument strengthintuitive inferencesargument qualityevaluation method |
| spellingShingle | Jos Hornikx Annemarie Weerman Hans Hoeken An exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strength Studies in Communication Sciences perceived argument strength intuitive inferences argument quality evaluation method |
| title | An exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strength |
| title_full | An exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strength |
| title_fullStr | An exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strength |
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| title_sort | exploratory test of an intuitive evaluation method of perceived argument strength |
| topic | perceived argument strength intuitive inferences argument quality evaluation method |
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