Table 4.
Best GAM model to predict the living/non-living ratings from VanArsdall and Blunt (2022).
| Predictor | Rank | DF | F | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | 1.91 | 2.40 | 25.79 | <2e-16 |
| Bacteria | 1.67 | 2.10 | 5.57 | 0.004 |
| Insect | 2.87 | 3.62 | 3.10 | 0.020 |
| Plant | 3.34 | 4.13 | 2.54 | 0.041 |
Using cosine distance to category label vectors as predictors.