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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychophysiology. 2017 Jan;54(1):146–157. doi: 10.1111/psyp.12639

Table 2. Number and Percentage of Significant Effects (p < .05) for Each Factor Combination in a 4-Way ANOVA of Simulated Data with All Null Main Effects and Interactions.

ANOVA Factor Number of Simulations
with Significant Effects
Percentage of Simulations
with Significant Effects
AP 500 5.0%
G 495 5.0%
SP 536 5.4%
SV 503 5.0%
AP × G 497 5.0%
SP × AP 469 4.7%
SP × G 518 5.2%
SP × SV 484 4.8%
SV × AP 499 5.0%
SV × G 516 5.2%
SP × AP × G 479 4.8%
SP × SV × AP 488 4.9%
SP × SV × G 525 5.3%
SV × AP × G 511 5.1%
SP × SV × AP × G 503 5.0%

Average 502 5.0%
Experiments with a Type I Error 5325 53.3%

Note. G = Group, SP = Stimulus Probability, SV = Stimulus Valence, AP = Anterior-Posterior Electrode Cluster.