Table 3.
Performance of dogs and wolves according to the ratios tested in the quantity discrimination test.
| Quantity discrimination test |
Time control |
Stone control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio | Sets | Dog | Wolf | Dog | Wolf | Dog | Wolf | ||||||
| 0.25 | 1:4 | t7 = 2.58 | p = 0.036 | t9 = 5.28 | p = 0.001 | t7 = 3.33 | p = 0.013 | t9 = 3.43 | p = 0.008 | t7 = 0.80 | p = 0.45 | t9 = 3.32 | p = 0.009 |
| 67.19% | 77.50% | 71.88% | 71.25% | 53.13% | 69.74% | ||||||||
| 0.33 | 1:3 | t 7 = 4.00 | textitp = 0.005 | t9 = 5.10 | p = 0.001 | ||||||||
| 75.00% | 71.60% | ||||||||||||
| 0.50 | 1:2 | t7 = 4.78 | p = 0.002 | t9 = 6.10 | p < 0.001 | t7 = -2.50 | p = 0.041 | t9 = 2.64 | p = 0.027 | t7 = 1.16 | p = 0.29 | t9 = 2.10 | p = 0.065 |
| 71.88% | 73.42% | 39.06% | 65.82% | 54.69% | 60.53% | ||||||||
| 0.50 | 2:4 | t 7 = 3.99 | p = 0.005 | t9 = 4.20 | p = 0.002 | ||||||||
| 75.00% | 68.75% | ||||||||||||
| 0.67 | 2:3 | t 7 = 0.61 | p = 0.56 | t9 = 3.21 | p = 0.011 | t7 = -0.36 | p = 0.73 | t9 = 2.95 | p = 0.016 | t7 = 0.24 | p = 0.82 | t9 = 3.798 | p = 0.004 |
| 53.13% | 62.96% | 48.44% | 62.96% | 51.56% | 71.05% | ||||||||
| 0.75 | 3:4 | t 7 = -0.68 | p = 0.52 | t9 = 3.82 | p = 0.004 | ||||||||
| 46.88% | 68.35% | ||||||||||||
The p-values indicate whether the subjects performed above (light gray cells) or below (dark gray cell) chance level (one-sample t-tests). Stone control: wolves: 67.11%; dogs: 53.13%.