Table 2.
Percentage of simulated realities where Predicitive Adaptive Response (PAR) and Developmental Constraints (DC) were correctly detected (sensitivity) and correctly not detected (specificity) using different tests.
| Predictive Adaptive Response (PAR) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| regression | none | interaction | interaction | interaction | quadratic |
| test | coin flip | β01 ≠ 0 in (4.1) and strict visual test (test 1) | β01 ≠ 0 in (4.1) and relaxed visual test (test 2) | theory-motivated test in (6.2) (test 3) | theory-motivated test in (5.5) (test 4) |
| sensitivity | 51.54 | 58.84 | 79.24 | 9.76 | 90.74 |
| specificity | 50.13 | 72.40 | 56.64 | 73.67 | 71.45 |
| Developmental Constraints (DC) | |||||
| regression | none | interaction | interaction | quadratic | |
| test | coin flip | naive test (β0 > 0) (test 1) | theory-motivated test (β0 + β01e1 > 0) (test 2) | theory-motivated test in (5.4) (test 3) | |
| sensitivity | 49.43 | 93.21 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
| specificity | 50.09 | 10.11 | 56.76 | 66.57 | |