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. 2023 Apr 11;56(3):1604–1639. doi: 10.3758/s13428-023-02111-7

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)