Table 2.
Analyses of variance on d’ for the triplets in Experiment 1.
| Anchor | Source | df | F | η2 | p | Mean difference | Confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /dɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 364.3 | 0.77 | 0.001 | 2.10 | [1.86 2.35] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 9.7 | 0.08 | 0.010 | 0.69 | [0.20 1.17] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 1.62 | 0.00 | 0.230 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.14 | |||||
| /dƷɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 220.6 | 0.74 | 0.000 | 2.73 | [2.32 3.13] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 20.2 | 0.12 | 0.001 | 1.10 | [0.56 1.64] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.770 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.14 | |||||
| /kɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 217.6 | 0.89 | 0.000 | 3.09 | [2.63 3.55] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 4.4 | 0.01 | 0.059 | 0.34 | [-0.02 0.69] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 0.4 | 0.00 | 0.530 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.09 | |||||
| /lɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 32.4 | 0.36 | 0.000 | 2.17 | [1.33 3.01] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 51.6 | 0.40 | 0.000 | 2.29 | [1.59 3.00] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.530 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.24 | |||||
| /nɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 78.7 | 0.60 | 0.000 | 2.92 | [2.19 3.64] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 25.6 | 0.15 | 0.003 | 1.46 | [0.60 2.33] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 6.0 | 0.02 | 0.032 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.23 | |||||
| /tɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 217.7 | 0.74 | 0.000 | 2.80 | [2.39 3.22] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 18.4 | 0.12 | 0.001 | 1.12 | [0.55 1.70] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 10.1 | 0.01 | 0.009 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.12 | |||||
| /Ʒɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 156.6 | 0.70 | 0.000 | 2.18 | [1.80 2.56] |
| Type (natural, synthetic) | 1 | 12.0 | 0.10 | 0.005 | 0.80 | [0.29 1.31] | |
| Distance with type | 1 | 5.7 | 0.02 | 0.035 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.18 |
Each of the anchor stimuli and its triplet set were analyzed separately (see text). Mean difference is level 1 minus level 2 (i.e., far minus near, natural minus synthetic). Values in brackets are lower and upper 95% confidence intervals.