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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2007 May 5;87(2):267–279. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.04.023

Table 1. Hierarchical Linear Models for Active Lever Presses.

Unconditional Model Fixed Ratio 2 Progressive Ratio 2
Percent Within Variation 30.0% 47.4%
Intercept Est. (S.E.) 92.0 (9.0) 680.8 (74.5)
Linear Component Est. (S.E.) 6.22 (3.55) 97.8 (38.1)
 Residual Test χ2 = 16.8, 3 df, p = 0.001 χ2 = 58.1, 3 df, p = 0.000
 % Variation 44.0 % 57.0 %
 Individual Variation χ2 = 4.28, 1 df, p = 0.036 χ2 =46.2, 2 df, p = 0.000
 Different from Zero t=1.79, 27 df, p= 0.084 t = 2.57, 27 df, p = 0.016
Accelerated Component Est. (S.E.) 1.12 (2.61) -24.9 (19.9)
 Residual Test χ2 = 8.37, 4 df, p = 0.078 χ2 = 9.06, 4 df, p = 0.059
 % Variation 26.0 % 11.0 %
 Individual Variation χ2 = 8.34, 3 df, p = 0.039 χ2 = 8.12, 3 df, p = 0.043
 Different from Zero t= 0.428, 27 df p= 0.67 t =-1.26, 27 df, p = 0.221
Final Mode1 Including Sex and Dose factors Fixed Ratio 2 Progressive Ratio 2
Predicted Values (S.E.) P-value Predicted Values (S.E.) P-Value
Intercept (β00) 125.1 (17.8) 0.000 540.5 (54.6) 0.000
 Dose (γ01) -82.5 (18.3) 0.000 2.2 (80.7) 0.978
 Sex (γ02) -2.5 (26.4) 0.924 -16.5 (126.7) 0.898
 Dose × Sex (γ03) -6.9 (27.3) 0.802 -148.9 (151.7) 0.337
Linear Slope (β10) 0.22 (11) 0.984 460.1 (199.7) 0.030
 Dose (γ11) 18.2 (11.4) 0.125 -383.8 (211.6) 0.082
 Sex (γ12) -24.8 (32.9) 0.458 -484.6 (207.7) 0.028
 Dose × Sex (γ13) 23.5 (33.4) 0.489 518.4 (250.8) 0.049
Accelerated Slope (β20) 1.5 (3.6) 0.410 -70.5 (51.03) 0.180
 Dose (γ21) -6.0 (3.9) 0.136 70.3 (54.2) 0.207
 Sex (γ22) 9.6 (9.7) 0.332 59.8 (54.7) 0.285
 Dose × Sex (γ23) -9.3 (10) 0.361 -73.4 (72.6) 0.322