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TABLE 5.

Bayesian Hierarchical Linear Model Estimates of Domain Effect Sizes, Standard Errors, and Confidence Intervals

Domain	Studies	Measures	Effect Sizes	Standard Error	95% Confidence Interval	z
Cognitive flexibility	Alexopoulos et al.²⁷, Morimoto et al.¹³, Potter et al.⁶⁶, Sheline et al.⁶⁷, Devanand et al.¹²	WCST % perseverative errors, DRS I/P verbal perseverations, Animal Naming perseverative errors, COWAT perseverative errors, Trails B, WCST Categories completed	0.20	0.14	−0.06 to 0.48	1.46
DRS I/P	Alexopoulos et al.⁴, Kalayam & Alexopoulos⁶⁵, Sheline et al.⁶⁷	DRS I/P total	0.30	0.16	−0.05 to .58	1.87
Planning and organization	Morimoto et al.¹³	DRS I/P Complex verbal clusters	0.91	0.32	.32–1.58	3.08^a
Response inhibition	Alexopoulos et al.⁴, Alexopoulos et al.²⁷, Kalayam & Alexopoulos⁶⁵, Sheline et al.⁶⁷, Sneed et al.⁵⁶	Stroop Color-Word, Go/No-Go commission errors, Stroop accuracy, Stroop reaction time	0.20	0.17	−0.17 to 0.49	0.10
Selective attention	Devanand et al.¹²	Digit Symbol, Letter Cancellation time, Shape Cancellation time	0.05	0.30	−0.52 to 0.68	0.16
Verbal fluency	Potter et al.⁶⁶, Sheline et al.⁶⁷, Devanand et al.¹²	Animal Naming total correct, COWAT total correct, category fluency test, Animal Naming	0.08	0.15	−0.22 to 0.39	0.53

Notes: COWAT: Controlled Oral Word Association Test.

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