Table 11.
Sternberg reliability across sessions
| Measure | Split-half (95% CI) | Test–retest (95% CI) | M | Range | Skew | Kurtosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | ||||||
| NN rt | .95 (.91−.96) | .66 (.51−.77) | 834 ms | 466–1704 ms | 1.79 | 7.13 |
| NP rt | .94 (.92−.96) | .65 (.49−.76) | 878 ms | 444–1615 ms | 1.24 | 4.97 |
| RN rt | .78 (.70−.84) | .48 (.29−.64) | 951 ms | 492–1750 ms | 1.11 | 4.06 |
| Recency Eff rt | .08 (– .22 to .38) | .26 (.04−.45) | 117 ms | – 201 to 480 ms | .54 | .55 |
| NN err | .71 (.57−.82) | .16 (– .07 to .37) | 3.6% | 0–56% | 3.19 | 14.9 |
| NP err | .76 (.67−.84) | .43 (.23−.60) | 13.2% | 0–58% | 1.28 | 4.29 |
| RN err | .05 (– .22 to .30) | .15 (– .05 to .35) | 17.3% | 0–60% | .77 | 3.14 |
| Recency Eff err | – .21 (– .42 to .07) | .10 (– .10 to .30) | 13.8% | – 12 to 60% | .77 | .19 |
| Proactive | ||||||
| NN rt | .94 (.92−.96) | .66 (.51−.78) | 834 ms | 445–1477 ms | 1.61 | 6.33 |
| NP rt | .94 (.91−.96) | .66 (.48−.79) | 845 ms | 420–1505 ms | 1.30 | 5.26 |
| RN rt | .82 (.76−.88) | .65 (.42−.78) | 1003 ms | 448–1958 ms | .92 | 3.65 |
| Recency Eff rt | .29 (.03−.51) | .34 (.14−.52) | 169 ms | – 180 to 560 ms | .30 | .61 |
| NN err | .71 (.54−.81) | .14 (– .09 to .35) | 5% | 0–50% | 2.10 | 9.64 |
| NP err | .71 (.58−.81) | .25 (.03−.45) | 12.4% | 0–60% | 1.20 | 4.39 |
| RN err | .22 (– .04 to .45) | .15 (– .08 to .36) | 25.6% | 0–60% | .39 | 2.14 |
| Recency Eff err | .01 (– .28 to .31) | .04 (– .19 to .26) | 20.6% | – 25 to 60% | .31 | – .78 |
| Reactive | ||||||
| NN rt | .87 (.81−.91) | .54 (.36−.68) | 851 ms | 460–1661 ms | 1.61 | 6.08 |
| NP rt | .94 (.92−.96) | .63 (.47−.75) | 856 ms | 482–1400 ms | 1.26 | 5.09 |
| RN rt | .91 (.88−.94) | .59 (.42−.72) | 963 ms | 491–1582 ms | 1.11 | 4.20 |
| Recency Eff rt | .19 (– .09 to .45) | .29 (.08−.48) | 85 ms | – 176 to 350 ms | .24 | 1.05 |
| NN err | .56 (.26−.74) | .17 (– .04 to .37) | 4.3% | 0–50% | 2.52 | 9.39 |
| NP err | .72 (.62−.81) | .35 (.15−.53) | 10.3% | 0–54% | 1.48 | 5.55 |
| RN err | .74 (.65−.82) | .48 (.29−.64) | 12.7% | 0–56% | 1.01 | 3.54 |
| Recency Eff err | .48 (.24−.66) | .24 (.03−.43) | 8.3% | – 25 to 50% | N/A | N/A |
Note. N = 104. CI confidence interval; NN novel negatives; NP novel positives; RN recent negatives. Split-half is an average of the test and retest phase split-half reliabilities. Test–retest = ICC (2,1)