Table 2.

Planned comparisons for accuracy and reaction time for each length and letter position in Experiment 1.

Word length and position of mismatch	Accuracy		Reaction Time
	z-value	Odds Ratio	t-value	Mean Difference	Percent Change
Three-letter words
1 vs. 2	1.79	1.44	−5.52***	−98.75	12%
1 vs. 3	0.78	1.17	−4.78***	−85.27	10%
2 vs. 3	−1.02	0.81	0.75	13.48	2%
Four-letter words
1 vs. 2	2.59*	1.68	−5.13***	−83.25	10%
1 vs. 3	3.30**	1.93	−5.57***	−90.83	11%
1 vs. 4	3.34**	1.94	−5.58***	−91.03	11%
2 vs. 3	0.73	1.15	−0.46	−7.59	1%
2 vs. 4	0.77	1.15	−0.47	−7.78	1%
3 vs. 4	0.04	1.01	−0.01	−0.20	0%
Five-letter words
1 vs. 2	1.53	1.40	−4.74***	−82.53	10%
1 vs. 3	2.05	1.57	−4.55***	−79.45	9%
1 vs. 4	2.02	1.56	−4.77***	−83.51	10%
1 vs. 5	3.70**	2.21	−3.59**	−63.61	7%
2 vs. 3	0.52	1.12	0.18	3.08	0%
2 vs. 4	0.49	1.11	−0.06	−0.99	0%
2 vs. 5	2.20	1.58	1.06	18.91	2%
3 vs. 4	−0.03	0.99	−0.23	−4.07	0%
3 vs. 5	1.68	1.41	0.89	15.83	2%
4 vs. 5	1.71	1.42	1.11	19.90	2%
Six-letter words
1 vs. 2	3.21*	2.06	−6.50***	−96.93	11%
1 vs. 3	3.99***	2.43	−8.15***	−122.56	14%
1 vs. 4	4.24***	2.55	−9.40***	−141.77	16%
1 vs. 5	3.26*	2.08	−8.79***	−131.37	15%
1 vs. 6	4.34***	2.61	−7.21***	−108.47	12%
2 vs. 3	0.82	1.18	−1.69	−25.62	3%
2 vs. 4	1.07	1.24	−2.94*	−44.84	5%
2 vs. 5	0.05	1.01	−2.28	−34.44	4%
2 vs. 6	1.18	1.27	−0.76	−11.53	1%
3 vs. 4	0.25	1.05	−1.25	−19.21	2%
3 vs. 5	−0.77	0.86	−0.58	−8.81	1%
3 vs.6	0.36	1.07	0.92	14.09	2%
4 vs. 5	−1.02	0.81	0.68	10.40	1%
4 vs. 6	0.11	1.02	2.17	33.30	4%
5 vs. 6	1.14	1.26	1.50	22.90	3%

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001