Analytic Atheism in Japan: Examining the Association Between Analytic Thinking and Religious Beliefs

	α/ω	M	SD	CRT (7-ITEM)	CRT (3-ITEM)	IRI-EC	CREDs
Religious belief	.91/.92	3.94	1.23	–.156	–.147	.237	.261
CRT (7-item)	.72/.72	4.11	2.06	–	.858	–.011	–.117
CRT (3-item)	.62/.63	1.57	1.10		–	.001	–.117
IRI-EC	.82/.82	4.55	0.92			–	.132
CREDs	.87/.87	3.27	1.21				–

Results of Multiple Regression Analysis for the 7-item CRT score in Study 1 (Classical and Bayesian inference).

	STEP 1				STEP 2				STEP 3				BAYESIAN INFERENCE
	β	95% CI	t	p	β	95% CI	t	p	β	95% CI	t	p	β	89% HPDI
Age	.067	[.016, .117]	2.58	.010	.072	[.021, .122]	2.80	.005	.029	[–.019, .077]	1.17	.241	.029	[–.010, .068]
Gender	–.454	[–.572, –.336]	–7.52	< .001	–.415	[–.533, –.296]	–6.86	< .001	–.400	[–.512, –.287]	–6.96	< .001	–.397	[–.488, –.305]
Education	–.062	[–.114, –.010]	–2.32	.021	–.033	[–.086, .020]	–1.21	.228	–.037	[–.088, .013]	–1.44	.149	–.037	[–.078, .003]
Monthly Income	.090	[.033, .147]	3.09	.002	.085	[.029, .142]	2.95	.003	.069	[.015, .122]	2.49	.013	.068	[.024, .112]
CRT (7-item)					–.129	[–.181, –.077]	–4.89	< .001	–.097	[–.147, –.048]	–3.86	< .001	–.097	[–.138, –.058]
IRI-EC									.194	[.146, .242]	7.93	< .001	.194	[.155, .232]
CREDs									.224	[.175, .272]	9.09	< .001	.224	[.184, .263]
R²	.044				.059				.155
ΔR²					.015				.096

Reliability Coefficients, Descriptive Statistics, and Correlation Matrix for Supernatural Belief and Target Variables in Study 2.

	α/ω	M	SD	CRT (7-ITEM)	CRT (3-ITEM)	IRI-EC	CREDs
SBS	.90/.91	3.83	1.4	–.093	–.084	.192	.167
CRT (7-item)	.72/.73	4.26	2.06	–	.865	–.050	–.066
CRT (3-item)	.65/.65	1.64	1.12		–	–.053	–.052
IRI-EC	.82/.82	4.56	0.9			–	.146
CREDs	.87/.87	3.27	1.19				–

Results of Multiple Regression Analysis for the 7-item CRT score in Study 2 (Classical and Bayesian inference).

	STEP 1				STEP 2				STEP 3				BAYESIAN INFERENCE
	β	95% CI	t	p	β	95% CI	t	p	β	95% CI	t	p	β	89% HPDI
Age	.091	[.037, .145]	3.31	.001	.092	[.038, .146]	3.35	.001	.053	[.000, .107]	1.96	.050	.053	[.011, .096]
Gender	–.390	[–.515, –.266]	–6.15	< .001	–.368	[–.493, –.242]	–5.75	< .001	–.343	[–.466, –.220]	–5.48	< .001	–.342	[–.441, –.243]
Education	–.011	[–.066, .045]	–0.37	.709	.005	[–.052, .062]	0.18	.855	.007	[–.049, .062]	0.24	.810	.007	[–.039, .052]
Monthly Income	.021	[–.031, .081]	0.70	.486	.015	[–.045, .075]	0.49	.624	.018	[–.041, .077]	0.61	.544	.018	[–.030, .066]
CRT (7-item)					–.074	[–.128, –.019]	–2.62	.009	–.059	[–.112, –.005]	–2.14	.033	–.059	[–.103, –.014]
IRI-EC									.150	[.097, .203]	5.51	< .001	.150	[.107, .193]
CREDs									.136	[.084, .189]	5.06	< .001	.137	[.093, .180]
R²	.036				.041				.086
ΔR²					.005				.045