Table 4.
Analyses of variance on d’ for the triplets in Experiment 2.
| Anchor | Source | df | F | η2 | p | Mean difference | Confidence interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /dɑ/ | Distance (far, near) | 1 | 399.5 | 0.64 | 0.001 | 1.66 | [1.30 2.03] |
| orientation (inverted, upright) | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.979 | 0.01 | [-0.66 0.67] | |
| distance with orientation | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.905 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.36 | |||||
| /dƷɑ/ | distance (far, near) | 1 | 79.9 | 0.52 | 0.001 | 2.08 | [1.57 2.59] |
| orientation (inverted, upright) | 1 | 13.7 | 0.18 | 0.003 | -1.23 | [-0.50 -2.00] | |
| distance with orientation | 1 | 10.8 | 0.04 | 0.007 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.26 | |||||
| /kɑ/ | distance (far, near) | 1 | 257.0 | 0.86 | 0.001 | 2.80 | [2.42 3.19] |
| orientation (inverted, upright) | 1 | 1.8 | 0.01 | 0.210 | 0.34 | [-0.22 0.91] | |
| distance with orientation | 1 | 0.1 | 0.00 | 0.773 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.13 | |||||
| /nɑ/ | distance (far, near) | 1 | 140.0 | 0.73 | 0.001 | 2.14 | [1.74 2.53] |
| orientation (inverted, upright) | 1 | 4.2 | 0.05 | 0.065 | -0.56 | [-1.16 0.04] | |
| distance with orientation | 1 | 1.3 | 0.00 | 0.275 | |||
| Error | 11 | 0.22 |
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, inverted minus upright). Values in brackets are lower and upper 95% confidence intervals.