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. 2014 Sep 18;9(9):e108003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108003

Table 5. Percentages of dogs that exhibited multiple behavior (MB) with Mc Nemar’s tests, and, absolute frequency of MB with two-sample Wilcoxon Signed-rank tests for the comparisons regarding elaboration.

Variable Condition Phase Statistics (p)
% of dogs that exhibited MB
All of the room Pre Post ?2 df  = 1 (p)
Food 79.3% 31.0% 14 ( p<0.001 )
Half-Food 79.3% 62.1% 2.27 (p = 0.132)
Undesirable Food 75.9% 58.6% 2.27 (p = 0.132)
In Food area
Food 55.2% 27.6% 5.33 (p = 0.021)
Half-Food 55.2% 41.4% 1.60 (p = 0.206)
Undesirable Food 58.6% 44.8% 1.60 (p = 0.206)
Frequency of MB: Median (IQR)
All of the room Pre Post T (p)
Food 1 (2) 0 (1) −89 (p<0.001)
Half-Food 1 (2) 1 (2) −45.5 (p = 0.136)
Undesirable Food 1 (2) 1 (3) −18 (p = 0.450)
In Food area
Food 1 (2) 0 (1) −45 (p = 0.011)
Half-Food 1 (2) 0 (1) −27.5 (p = 0.123)
Undesirable Food 1 (2) 0 (2) −13 (p = 0.552)

MB: Multiple Behaviors.

Significant differences are in bold. After the FDR BL adjustment, only the p-values shown in italics remain statistically significant.