Use the Kassin et al. results in Table 8.3 for interrogators’ efforts to obtain a confession to show there are two possible ways to describe the interaction effect.

Table 8.3

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AN INTERACTION EFFECT BETWEEN INTERROGATOR EXPECTATION AND SUSPECT STATUS ON EFFORT TO OBTAIN A CONFESSION Interrogator Expectation Suspect Status Actual guilt Actual innocence Cell means provided by Dr. Saul Kassin. Guilty 5.64 7.17 Innocent 5.56 5.85