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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2011 May 30;26(4):778–791. doi: 10.1037/a0023910

Table 2.

Mean Bias and Power/Type I Error Rates in Study 1

Model Parameter No Retest Single Boost Retest Incremental Retest per Occasion
Model 1a
Model 1b
Model 1c
Model 1d
Model 1e
Bias Power Bias Power Bias Power Bias Power Bias Power
Age Slope
   c = −0.25, w = 3, r = 20 0.00 1.00 −0.22 1.00 −0.01 0.89 −0.25 1.00 0.19 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 3, r = 40 −0.01 1.00 −0.24 1.00 −0.01 0.88 −0.25 1.00 0.11 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 6, r = 20 0.00 1.00 −0.07 1.00 0.00 1.00 −0.25 1.00 0.09 0.06
   c = −0.25, w = 6, r = 40 0.00 1.00 −0.15 1.00 0.00 1.00 −0.25 1.00 −0.23 0.07
   c =  0, w = 3, r = 20 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.02 0.85 0.00 1.00 0.16 0.04
   c =  0, w = 3, r = 40 0.01 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.01 0.88 0.00 1.00 0.21 0.06
   c =  0, w = 6, r = 20 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.07 0.07
   c =  0, w = 6, r = 40 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.13 0.06
   c = 0.25, w = 3, r = 20 0.00 1.00 0.22 1.00 0.00 0.88 0.24 1.00 0.08 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 3, r = 40 0.00 1.00 0.25 1.00 0.00 0.87 0.25 1.00 0.62 0.04
   c = 0.25, w = 6, r = 20 0.00 1.00 0.08 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.25 1.00 0.13 0.06
   c = 0.25, w = 6, r = 40 0.00 1.00 0.15 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.25 1.00 0.37 0.05
Cohort Slope
   c = −0.25, w = 3, r = 20 0.00 0.25 0.01 0.12 −0.19 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 3, r = 40 0.01 0.31 0.01 0.14 −0.10 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 6, r = 20 0.00 0.55 0.00 0.49 −0.08 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 6, r = 40 0.00 0.89 0.00 0.78 0.23 0.05
   c =  0, w = 3, r = 20 0.00 0.03 −0.02 0.05 −0.17 0.03
   c =  0, w = 3, r = 40 −0.01 0.07 −0.01 0.05 −0.21 0.05
   c =  0, w = 6, r = 20 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.07 −0.06 0.06
   c =  0, w = 6, r = 40 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.03 −0.14 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 3, r = 20 0.00 0.26 −0.01 0.13 −0.08 0.04
   c = 0.25, w = 3, r = 40 0.01 0.34 0.00 0.11 −0.62 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 6, r = 20 0.00 0.53 0.00 0.46 −0.13 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 6, r = 40 0.00 0.92 0.00 0.81 −0.37 0.05
Retest Slope
   c = −0.25, w = 3, r = 20 0.34 0.20 0.01 0.05 0.26 0.13 −0.18 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 3, r = 40 0.34 0.22 0.00 0.05 0.24 0.12 −0.11 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 6, r = 20 0.20 0.11 −0.03 0.04 0.23 0.12 −0.10 0.05
   c = −0.25, w = 6, r = 40 0.46 0.38 0.01 0.05 0.25 0.12 0.23 0.05
   c =  0, w = 3, r = 20 −0.01 0.06 −0.04 0.05 −0.02 0.06 −0.18 0.04
   c =  0, w = 3, r = 40 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.05 0.02 0.05 −0.19 0.05
   c =  0, w = 6, r = 20 −0.01 0.03 −0.01 0.03 −0.01 0.04 −0.07 0.06
   c =  0, w = 6, r = 40 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.05 −0.01 0.04 −0.15 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 3, r = 20 −0.34 0.19 −0.01 0.06 −0.25 0.13 −0.08 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 3, r = 40 −0.37 0.27 −0.01 0.06 −0.26 0.14 −0.62 0.05
   c = 0.25, w = 6, r = 20 −0.25 0.14 −0.03 0.07 −0.27 0.11 −0.15 0.04
   c = 0.25, w = 6, r = 40 −0.46 0.40 −0.01 0.02 −0.25 0.12 −0.38 0.05

Table 2 Note: c = age-cohort effect, w = waves, and r = cohort age range. Power rates for all retest slopes actually reflect Type I error rates given their omission from the generation model. The incremental retest slope estimates reported in Models 1d and 1e reflect those from the first incremental retest effect (at the second occasion).