Table 2.

Descriptive statistics for the dependent and independent variables used in Experiment 2 and Experiment 3: Reported are the range, mean and standard deviations of the original and transformed variables after selection and trimming procedures.

Variable	Original			Transformed
A. Experiment 2	range	mean	sd	range	mean	sd
Reaction time, ms	478:2678	941	267	−2.1:−0.37	−1.1	0.25
Entropy of conceptual relations	0.57:3.3	2.1	0.57	−2.6:2	0.03	0.96
Left-Whole similarity (LSA)	0:0.65	0.31	0.13	−2.3:2.6	−0.01	1
Right-Whole similarity (LSA)	−0.01:0.63	0.3	0.13	−2.2:2.4	0	0.99
Compound Frequency (US frequency)	1:1940	99	221	−1.5:2.9	0	0.99
Left constituent Frequency (US frequency)	18:102467	6127	11045	−0.61:7.9	−0.01	0.98
Right constituent Frequency (US frequency)	8:204428	11308	22303	−0.53:8.6	−0.01	1
Left constituent Family Size	1:54	12	12	−1:3.7	0.02	1
Right constituent Family Size	1:155	18	27	−0.64:5.3	0.02	1
Uniqueness point	2:6	3.8	0.74	−2.3:3.1	0.02	1
Complex uniqueness point	1:7	4.3	0.87	−2.7:3.1	0.02	1
Compound duration, ms	−0.95:−0.36	−0.6	0.09	−3.8:2.5	−0.01	1
B. Experiment 3	Original			Transformed
Reaction time, ms	531:2583	995	253	−1.9:−0.37	−1.1	0.22
Entropy of conceptual relations	0.66:3.3	2.1	0.56	−2.5:2	0.04	0.96
Left-Whole similarity (LSA)	0.01:0.65	0.31	0.13	−2.3:2.6	−0.02	0.99
Right-Whole similarity (LSA)	−0.01:0.63	0.3	0.13	−2.3:2.5	−0.01	0.98
Compound Frequency (US frequency)	1:1940	97	217	−1.8:2.8	−0.03	0.98
Left constituent Frequency (US frequency)	18:102467	6379	12106	−0.59:7.7	−0.01	0.98
Right constituent Frequency (US frequency)	19:204428	11936	24712	−0.49:8.4	0	1
Left constituent Family Size	1:54	12	12	−0.92:3.6	0	1
Right constituent Family Size	1:155	17	25	−0.67:5.8	0.02	1.1
Uniqueness point	2:6	3.7	0.78	−2.2:2.9	0	1
Complex uniqueness point	1:7	4.3	0.88	−2.6:3	0	1
Compound duration, ms	0.41:2.1	0.7	0.11	−2.5:11	−0.01	0.95