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Published in final edited form as: Exp Brain Res. 2018 Oct 10;237(1):71–80. doi: 10.1007/s00221-018-5399-8

Table 3.

Results of TOST for kinematic metrics.

Kinematic Metrics TOST Test Results γ = 0.2 and 1.3*SD (both 80^th percentile)

	Target	Mean and 90% CI (5% for each of the 2 sides of the TOST)	Lower and upper equivalence bounds	Test statistics (all p<0.001)

Kinematic metrics (voluntary vs Startle+)	TG1	0.049 [0.014, 0.084]	[−0.266, 0.266]	t(185.184) = −10.379; p < 0.0001
	TG2	−0.045 [−0.062, −0.027]	[−0.218, 0.218]	t(380.477) = 16.265; p < 0.0001
	TG3	0.019 [−0.006, 0.046]	[−0.274, 0.274]	t(261.375) = −15.782; p < 0.0001
	TG4	−0.012 [−0.036, 0.013]	[−0.316, 0.316]	t(350.141) = 20.485; p < 0.0001
	TG5	−0.053 [−0.067, −0.038]	[−0.168, 0.168]	t(374.170) = 13.175; p < 0.0001

Kinematic metrics (Startle -vs Startle+)	TG1	−0.016 [−0.061, 0.03]	[−0.314, 0.314]	t(340.480) = 10.856; p < 0.0001
	TG2	−0.014 [−0.043, 0.014]	[−0.218, 0.218]	t(403.123) = 11.889; p < 0.0001
	TG3	0.052 [0.022, 0.083]	[−0.212, 0.212]	t(398.749) = −8.623; p < 0.0001
	TG4	0.006 [−0.028, 0.04]	[−0.318, 0.318]	t(560.946) = −15.093; p < 0.0001
	TG5	−0.121 [−0.152, −0.09]	[−0.168, 0.168]	t(368.164) = 2.469; p = 0.007