"the paranormal beliefs measure and the religiosity measure tended to steal variance from each other in various regression and path models. We thus developed separate models involving each (the model involving paranormal beliefs is presented in Figure 3, and that involving religiosity is presented in Figure 4)." In Figure 3, "The ability to discriminate true from false conspiracies has a positive independent relationship with AOT, and negative independent relationships with [belief in hidden causal forces or] HCFS, Paranormal Beliefs, and the Government Credulity scale." In Figure 4, "The ability to discriminate true from false conspiracies has a positive independent relationship with AOT, and negative independent relationships with HCFS, Religiosity, and the Government Credulity scale that were all very similar to the coefficients observed in Figure 3."

"Table 2 presents the correlations of the predictor variables with the six variables measuring partisan/ideological conspiracy belief. As is apparent, the ideology variable has substantial correlations (although in different directions) with all six of the partisan/ideological conspiracy variables. Some variables, such as the Paranormal Belief [and Religiosity] scale[s], had fairly uniform positive relationships with conspiracy beliefs across the ideological spectrum."