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. 2014 Nov 18;5:1299. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01299

Table 3.

Performance of dogs and wolves according to the ratios tested in the quantity discrimination test.

Quantity discrimination test
Time control
Stone control
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%.