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. 2023 Jul 5;30(6):2049–2066. doi: 10.3758/s13423-023-02293-3

Table 2.

Sample sizes, reliabilities, variabilities, and the signal-to-noise ratio for 24 cognitive control tasks

Sample sizes Reliability Sample Parameters Ratio
Obs Indv Rep Full Split Effect sd σ^ σ^θ η^
Stroop
1. von Bastian 11,245 121 46 0.24 0.34 64 47 198 22 0.11
2. Hedge 43,408 53 410 0.83 0.75 69 32 188 29 0.16
3. Pratte i 11,114 38 146 0.61 0.68 91 50 264 36 0.14
4. Pratte ii 12,565 38 165 0.19 -0.07 12 20 160 15 0.10
5. Rey-Mermet i 48,937 264 93 0.40 0.57 54 30 155 18 0.12
6. Rey-Mermet ii 48,966 261 94 0.86 0.84 59 69 174 64 0.36
7. Whitehead i 122,547 178 344 0.70 0.71 76 53 378 44 0.12
8. Whitehead ii 133,966 194 345 0.56 0.63 78 52 408 37 0.09
9. Whitehead iii 125,979 210 300 0.57 0.51 116 50 402 37 0.09
Simon
10. von Bastian 23,453 121 97 0.60 0.61 79 36 128 28 0.22
11. Pratte i 17,343 38 228 0.46 0.62 17 24 186 18 0.10
12. Pratte ii 12,266 38 161 0.57 0.51 30 30 175 23 0.13
13. Whitehead i 127,036 178 357 0.71 0.72 67 29 205 24 0.12
14. Whitehead ii 139,332 194 359 0.56 0.59 66 26 212 19 0.09
15. Whitehead iii 125,953 210 300 0.66 0.66 102 28 201 23 0.11
Flanker
16. von Bastian 11,215 121 46 -0.02 -0.55 2 32 152 15 0.10
17. Hedge 43,384 53 409 0.80 0.79 44 16 100 15 0.15
18. Rey-Mermet i 49,300 265 93 0.18 0.17 30 24 147 13 0.09
19. Rey-Mermet ii 39,275 207 95 0.87 0.87 36 43 107 40 0.37
20. Whitehead i 126,987 178 357 0.62 0.61 47 33 265 25 0.10
21. Whitehead ii 139,103 194 359 0.19 0.19 32 26 272 14 0.05
22. Whitehead iii 125,918 210 300 0.38 0.41 61 30 290 19 0.07
Other
23. Rouder i 11,346 52 109 0.37 0.35 50 28 165 19 0.11
24. Rouder ii 16,859 58 145 0.62 0.62 142 72 351 53 0.15
Mean 65,312 145 223 0.52 0.51 59 37 220 27 0.14
Median 46,172 178 197 0.57 0.61 60 31 193 23 0.11

Note. All sample sizes and estimates reflect cleaned data. See the Appendix for our cleaning steps which differ from those of the original authors