Disentangling Web Search on Debated Topics - User Study Data

Data of an exploratory, open-ended user study (N = 255) to advance knowledge and uncover relations between the different facets of web search on debated topics. We explored the relations between factors inherent to the searcher and search system (user characteristics, exposure bias), search intercations (confirmation bias, position bias, search effort), and post-search epistemic states (attitude change, knowledge gain). This data set contains the following variables for each of the 255 participants: SERP ranking bias, prior knowledge, attitude strength, receptiveness to opposing views, attitude-confirming clicks, click rank deviation, number of clicks, time on SERP, hover depth, attitude change, knowledge gain.