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Published in final edited form as: Psychol Methods. 2017 Apr 13;23(2):337–350. doi: 10.1037/met0000138

Table 6.

Estimated means and 95% confidence intervals for the outcomes given caffeine or placebo and a certain probability

Outcome Pill Given Placebo Caffeine
Probability π = 0 π = 0.5 π = 1 π = 0 π = 0.5 π = 1
Mean Time to a Correct Hit 0.72 (0.63,0.81) 0.74 (0.69,0.80) 0.77 (0.63,0.91) 0.50 (0.40,0.60) 0.54 (0.51,0.58) 0.58 (0.52,0.65)
Probability of a Correct Hit 88.9% (87.2,90.5) 88.8% (87.8,89.6) 88.6% (85.8,90.8) 95.3% (93.5,96.6) 93.7% (92.9,94.4) 91.6% (90.0,93.1)
Number of False Alarms 2.01 (1.56,2.47) 1.66 (1.39,1.93) 1.31 (0.62,1.99) 1.90 (1.16,2.64) 1.52 (1.24,1.79) 1.14 (0.54,1.63)
Total Mood Displacement 9.6 (−0.1,19.4) 12.5 (7.1,18.0) 15.5 (0.8,30.1) 12.8 (−1.9,27.4) 6.2 (0.8,11.7) −0.3 (−10.1,9.4)
Anger-Hostility 2.94 (1.28,4.60) 2.38 (1.45,3.31) 1.82 (−0.68,4.32) 2.18 (−0.32,4.68) 2.25 (1.32,3.18) 2.32 (0.66,3.98)
Confusion-Bewilderment 5.98 (3.98,7.99) 7.25 (6.12,8.37) 8.51 (5.49,11.53) 6.97 (3.96,9.99) 6.43 (5.30,7.56) 5.88 (3.88,7.89)
Depression-Dejection 2.83 (0.84,4.81) 3.12 (2.01,4.24) 3.42 (0.43,6.40) 1.52 (−1.47,4.50) 1.93 (0.81,3.04) 2.34 (0.36,4.33)
Fatigue-Inertia 6.13 (3.75,8.50) 6.79 (5.46,8.12) 7.46 (3.89,11.03) 7.10 (3.54,10.67) 5.11 (3.77,6.44) 3.11 (0.74,5.48)
Friendliness 13.9 (12.0,15.7) 12.7 (11.7,13.7) 11.5 (8.8,14.3) 11.6 (8.9,14.4) 13.1 (12.1,14.1) 14.6 (12.8,16.4)
Tension-Anxiety 5.54 (3.38,7.70) 5.90 (4.69,7.12) 6.26 (3.01,9.51) 4.70 (1.44,7.95) 5.60 (4.39,6.82) 6.51 (4.35,8.67)
Vigor-Activity 13.8 (11.1,16.6) 12.9 (11.4,14.5) 12.0 (7.9,16.2) 9.7 (5.5,12.9) 15.1 (13.5,16.6) 20.5 (17.7,23.2)