Table 10. Experiment 2: Summary of the ANOVA Analyses Conducted on the Resultant Serial Position Curves Given Recall was Initiated With One of the Last Four Words.
| List length | Task | Scoring | Main effects | Two-way interaction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modality | Serial position | Modality × Serial position | Simple main effects (Serial position) | |||
| Note. ✓ indicates a significant finding and x indicates a nonsignificant finding. The final column displays which serial positions showed a significant advantage for the auditory condition; underlined values signify a significant inversion of the modality effect. | ||||||
| 4 | IFR | FR | x | x | x | 3 |
| ISR | FR | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | IFR | FR | x | x | x | — |
| ISR | FR | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | IFR | FR | x | ✓ | x | 6 |
| ISR | FR | x | ✓ | x | 5 | |
| 7 | IFR | FR | x | ✓ | x | 1, 5 |
| ISR | FR | x | ✓ | x | — | |
| 8 | IFR | FR | x | ✓ | x | 3 |
| ISR | FR | x | ✓ | x | 3 | |
| 12 | IFR | FR | x | ✓ | x | — |
| ISR | FR | x | ✓ | x | — | |