Table 3. Statistics for task difficulty (easy, medium), context (fast-slow, same-diff) and time-order (preferred, nonpreferred).
Factor | Dependent variable | F-statistic | p-value | Partial eta squared (η2) | Text reference |
Task difficulty | PC | F 1,59 = 29.899 | p<.0001* | 0.34 | {3a} |
Context | F 1,59 = 131.095 | p<.0001* | 0.69 | {3b} | |
Time-order | F 1,59 = 67.861 | p<.0001* | 0.53 | {3c} | |
Task difficulty * Time-order | F 1,59 = 0.412 | p = .5234 | 0.01 | ||
Context * Time-order | F 1,59 = 2.235 | p = .1402 | 0.04 | {3e} | |
Task difficulty | RT | F 1,59 = 1.522 | p = .2223 | 0.03 | |
Context | F 1,59 = 42.950 | p<.0001* | 0.42 | ||
Time-order | F 1,59 = 2.256 | p = .1384 | 0.04 | ||
Task difficulty * Context | F 1,59 = 0.015 | p = .9025 | 0 | ||
Task difficulty * Time-order | F 1,59 = 1.765 | p = .1892 | 0.03 | ||
Context * Time-order | F 1,59 = 11.490 | p = .0013* | 0.16 | {3d} |
Proportion correct (PC) was used to assess accuracy and response time (RT) was used to assess speed. Note that in these contrasts, the same trials that make up half of the same-diff context has been excluded from analysis.