Table 5.

Planned comparisons for accuracy and reaction time for each word length and letter position in Experiment 4.

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	3.27**	1.62	−3.79***	−79.81	8%
1 vs. 3	5.01***	2.07	−5.35***	−114.94	12%
2 vs. 3	1.79	1.28	−1.60	−35.13	4%
Four-letter words
1 vs. 2	2.64*	1.52	−4.81***	−98.61	10%
1 vs. 3	3.40**	1.71	−4.74***	−97.77	10%
1 vs. 4	4.38***	1.98	−5.43***	−113.29	11%
2 vs. 3	0.77	1.12	0.04	0.84	0%
2 vs. 4	1.77	1.31	−0.69	−14.68	1%
3 vs. 4	1.00	1.16	−0.73	−15.52	2%
Five-letter words
1 vs. 2	3.00*	1.52	−6.61***	−145.25	14%
1 vs. 3	4.17***	1.78	−5.60***	−124.27	12%
1 vs. 4	3.65**	1.66	−7.33***	−162.53	15%
1 vs. 5	4.88***	1.96	−6.65***	−148.34	14%
2 vs. 3	1.17	1.17	0.93	20.97	2%
2 vs. 4	0.65	1.09	−0.77	−17.28	2%
2 vs. 5	1.91	1.29	−0.14	−3.10	0%
3 vs. 4	−0.53	0.93	−1.68	−38.25	4%
3 vs. 5	0.74	1.10	−1.05	−24.07	2%
4 vs. 5	1.27	1.18	0.62	14.18	1%
Six-letter words
1 vs. 2	4.52***	2.01	−6.11***	−141.23	13%
1 vs. 3	2.64	1.51	−6.73***	−153.99	14%
1 vs. 4	5.39***	2.29	−7.51***	−175.65	16%
1 vs. 5	6.65***	2.76	−9.35***	−223.65	20%
1 vs. 6	4.84***	2.11	−7.49***	−174.88	16%
2 vs. 3	−1.93	0.75	−0.54	−12.76	1%
2 vs. 4	0.90	1.14	−1.42	−34.41	3%
2 vs. 5	2.22	1.37	−3.34*	−82.42	8%
2 vs. 6	0.33	1.05	−1.39	−33.65	3%
3 vs. 4	2.83	1.51	−0.91	−21.65	2%
3 vs. 5	4.13***	1.82	−2.85	−69.66	6%
3 vs.6	2.26	1.39	−0.88	−20.89	2%
4 vs. 5	1.31	1.20	−1.93	−48.01	4%
4 vs. 6	−0.58	0.92	0.03	0.77	0%
5 vs. 6	−1.89	0.77	1.96	48.77	4%

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001