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

Table 5. Statistics for task difficulty (easy, medium), noise (regular, noisy) and distance (closer, further).

Factor Dependent variable F-statistic p-value Partial eta squared (η2) Text reference
Task difficulty d′ F 1,43 = 14.621 p = .0005* 0.25
Noise F 1,43 = 8.031 p = .0070* 0.16
Distance F 1,43 = 7.323 p = .0097* 0.15
Task difficulty * Noise F 1,43 = 0.577 p = .4516 0.01
Task difficulty * Distance F 1,43 = 1.119 p = .2961 0.03
Noise * Distance F 1,43 = 5.577 p = .0228* 0.11 {5a}
Task difficulty RT F 1,43 = 3.252 p = .0784 0.07
Noise F 1,43 = 0.296 p = .5894 0.01 {5b}
Distance F 1,43 = 2.889 p = .0964 0.06
Task difficulty * Noise F 1,43 = 0.607 p = .4403 0.01
Task difficulty * Distance F 1,43 = 0.471 p = .4963 0.01
Noise * Distance F 1,43 = 0.953 p = .3343 0.02

D-prime (d′) was used to assess accuracy and response time (RT) was used to assess speed.