Table 3.

Planned comparisons for accuracy and reaction time for each word length and letter position in Experiment 2.

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	0.87	1.27	−1.58	−24.12	3%
1 vs. 3	0.38	1.11	−2.02	−30.83	4%
2 vs. 3	−0.49	0.88	−0.44	−6.71	1%
Four-letter words
1 vs. 2	−1.03	0.78	−2.30	−42.82	5%
1 vs. 3	−1.14	0.76	−1.66	−30.71	3%
1 vs. 4	−1.22	0.75	−0.44	−8.20	1%
2 vs. 3	−0.11	0.97	0.66	12.11	1%
2 vs. 4	−0.19	0.96	1.88	34.62	4%
3 vs. 4	−0.08	0.98	1.22	22.52	2%
Five-letter words
1 vs. 2	1.04	1.29	0.24	4.14	0%
1 vs. 3	1.15	1.33	1.12	19.42	2%
1 vs. 4	2.10	1.68	0.68	11.93	1%
1 vs. 5	1.31	1.38	0.12	2.08	0%
2 vs. 3	0.12	1.03	0.88	15.28	2%
2 vs. 4	1.08	1.30	0.44	7.78	1%
2 vs. 5	0.28	1.07	−0.12	−2.06	0%
3 vs. 4	0.96	1.26	−0.43	−7.49	1%
3 vs. 5	0.16	1.04	−0.99	−17.34	2%
4 vs. 5	−0.80	0.83	−0.56	−9.84	1%
Six-letter words
1 vs. 2	2.21	1.69	−3.12*	−61.88	6%
1 vs. 3	0.02	1.00	−1.89	−36.99	4%
1 vs. 4	1.44	1.42	−3.64**	−72.03	7%
1 vs. 5	2.78	1.93	−3.86**	−75.88	8%
1 vs. 6	0.91	1.25	−3.60**	−71.21	7%
2 vs. 3	−2.19	0.59	1.25	24.89	2%
2 vs. 4	−0.77	0.84	−0.51	−10.16	1%
2 vs. 5	0.58	1.14	−0.70	−14.00	1%
2 vs. 6	−1.31	0.74	−0.47	−9.34	1%
3 vs. 4	1.42	1.41	−1.77	−35.04	3%
3 vs. 5	2.76	1.92	−1.96	−38.89	4%
3 vs.6	0.89	1.24	−1.73	−34.22	3%
4 vs. 5	1.35	1.36	−0.19	−3.85	0%
4 vs. 6	−0.54	0.88	0.04	0.82	0%
5 vs. 6	−1.89	0.65	0.23	4.67	0%

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001