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. 2016 Apr 25;11(4):e0154222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154222

Table 4. Cognitive test scores at Time 1 and Time 2, and reliability statistics.

Time 1 Time 2 Relative reliability indices Absolute reliability indices
N Mean (SD) Mean (SD) r ICC (2,1) P-value F-value P-value Mean square residual SEM Smallest real difference
Verbal-numerical reasoning 4,523 6.95 (2.01) 7.00 (2.01) 0.65 0.65 <0.001 5.32 0.021 1.42 1.19 3.30
Log reaction time 19,327 6.29 (0.17) 6.30 (0.18) 0.57 0.57 <0.001 110.06 <0.001 0.01 0.12 0.28
(untransformed) 548.36 (102.67) 556.09 (109.34) 0.54 0.54 <0.001 111.79 <0.001 5162.00 71.85 199.15
Log visual memory errors 19,017 1.42 (0.64) 1.38 (0.63) 0.16 0.16 <0.001 42.76 <0.001 0.34 0.58 1.61
(untransformed) 5.00 (3.17) 4.80 (3.05) 0.19 0.19 <0.001 51.80 <0.001 7.82 2.80 7.75

Notes: SD = standard deviation. ICC = intraclass correlation. SEM = standard error of measurement, equivalent to the square root of mean square residual[16]. Smallest real difference = ‘SEM * 1.96 * √2’. F-value = within participants ANOVA.