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. 2019 Apr;148(4):713–727. doi: 10.1037/xge0000514

Table 1. Complete Statistical Details for the Within-Participants Generalized Estimating Equation (GEE) Analyses Presented in Text for the Block-Only Group.

Comparison A Group (1: block only) Finger (6: all) Session (3: all)a B Group (1: block only) Finger (5: no R middle) Session (2: no online) Ci Offline Cii Retention
Group (1: block only) Finger (2: R middle, av. remaining 5)
Note. Columns A to C contain GEE analyses, (A) for all six fingers and three sessions, which indicates fingers change differently over finger and session; (B) analyses with the deafferentation-adjacent finger removed reveals the remaining fingers change in the same way over sessions (i.e., collapsing values over these fingers is appropriate; ‘R’ denotes ‘right’ in the heading); and (C) hypothesis-driven follow-up tests. This reveals significant differences between the trained finger vs. five remaining fingers (av. remaining 5) in the offline session. This corresponds to a main effect of Finger (Ci), reducing to a trend by the long-term retention sessions (Cii; see in-text for direction of this finger main effect and its interpretation). Follow-up GEEs in Column C were Bonferroni corrected for multiple comparisons (α = .25). QICC = corrected quasi-likelihood under independence model criterion. Shaded sections indicate critical interactions.
a Indicates this comparison was rerun without data for the injected finger while anaesthetic effects may have still been apparent (right index finger, online session); interaction remained significant at p < .05.
* Indicates a significant difference p < .05.
Finger χ2(5) = 11.67, p = .040* χ2(4) = 6.66, p = .155 χ2(1) = 8.90, p = .003* χ2(1) = 3.52, p = .061
Session χ2(2) = 7.97, p = .019* χ2(1) = 1.70, p = .193
Group
 Finger × Session χ2(10) = 111.41, p < .001* χ2(4) = 6.47, p = .167
 Finger × Group
 Session × Group
 Finger × Session × Group
QICC 128.52 73.52 17.67 11.76