Conspiracy belief is unrelated to climate science belief

What is it about?

Reanalysis of two survey datasets reveals a curvilinear relationship between so-called "conspiracist ideation" and opinions about climate science. Our Commentary demonstrates that the original authors' analysis (which assumed a linear relationship) is flawed.

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Why is it important?

Structural equation modelling assumes linear relationships. It is vital to test this assumption. Our analysis gives an example where this assumption does not hold.