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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Processes. 2015 Mar 18;114:52–62. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.03.006

Table 2.

Parameter values obtained by fitting the hyperbolic function (Equ. 1) for the groups and conditions within each dataset. Akaike Information Criterion (AlC) measure for the fit of the hyperbolic function is provided and the Area Under the Curve (AUC) created by the indifference points is also shown.

Dataset Median k Mean ln(k) Median AICa Mean AUC
ADHD
 Diagnosed 0.041* −2.942* −0.760 0.393
 Undiagnosed 0.024 −4.010 1.262 0.463
SMOKING
 Smokers 0.128* −1.842* 17.022 0.485*
 Never smokers 0.021 −3.831 18.175 0.753
AMOUNT
 $10 0.003* −6.020* −3.274 0.649*
 $100 0.001 −6.950 20.384 0.777
a

Calculated using the formula AIC=2p+n(ln(SSen)), where p represents the number of parameters (p = 1 for the hyperbolic function [Equ. 1]), n represents the number of data points (n = 5 or 6 delays), and SSe is the sum of squares for the error term of the regression. Smaller numbers are interpreted as indicating superior fits.

*

p < 0.05 comparing k, In(k) and AUC parameters between groups or conditions within a dataset (see text).