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. 2012 May 29;7(5):e37580. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037580

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.