TABLE I.
Descriptive statistics for the “easy” and “hard” word lists. Familiarity and frequency are characteristics of the target word itself. Density is the number of lexical neighbors, and mean neighborhood frequency is the mean frequency of all of these neighbors.
| Easy words | Familiarity | Frequency | Density | Mean neighborhood frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 6.97 | 309.69 | 13.53 | 38.32 |
| Median | 7 | 106 | 14 | 33.3 |
| Standard deviation | 0.08 | 1127.65 | 4.42 | 21.87 |
| Minimum | 6.5 | 36 | 1 | 2.33 |
| Maximum | 7 | 9816 | 20 | 79.67 |
| Range | 0.5 | 9780 | 19 | 77.33 |
| Hard words |
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| Mean | 6.81 | 12.21 | 26.61 | 282.23 |
| Median | 6.92 | 3 | 26 | 216.48 |
| Standard deviation | 0.23 | 45.85 | 4.91 | 215.96 |
| Minimum | 6.25 | 1 | 11 | 74.85 |
| Maximum | 7 | 365 | 39 | 1066.59 |
| Range | 0.75 | 364 | 28 | 991.75 |