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. 2019 Apr 8;15(4):e1006973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006973

Table 3. Modelling confidence ratings.

Estimated fixed-effect coefficients from generalized linear mixed-effect models.

GLME
Experiment 1 Fixed-Effect REDUCED 1 REDUCED 2 FULL
Intercept (β0) 0.52±0.04
t5079 = 14.46; P = 1.90×10−46
0.72±0.02
t5124 = 39.00; P = 1.61×10−291
0.53±0.04
t5078 = 14.55; P = 4.92×10−47
Choice difficulty (βΔQ) 0.33±0.06
t5079 = 5.77; P = 8.43×10−9
0.47±0.07
t5124 = 6.51; P = 8.18×10−11-
0.30±0.05
t5078 = 5.96; P = 2.73×10−9
Preceding confidence (βc1) 0.28±0.04
t5079 = 7.60; P = 3.62×10−14
- 0.28±0.03
t5078 = 7.39; P = 1.67×10−13
Context value (βV) - 0.45±0.14
t5124 = 3.16; P = 1.58×10−3
0.47±0.14
t5078 = 3.21; P = 1.35×10−3
GLME
Experiment 2 Fixed-Effect REDUCED 1 REDUCED 2 FULL
Intercept (β0) 0.53±0.03
t5145 = 17.57; P = 3.77×10−67
0.75±0.02
t5145 = 44.91; P = 0
0.53±0.03
t5144 = 17.12; P = 5.94×10−64
Choice difficulty (βΔQ) 0.18±0.02
t5145 = 6.33; P = 2.63×10−10
0.25±0.04
t5145 = 6.51; P = 8.26×10−11
0.17±0.03
t5144 = 5.90; P = 3.85×10−9
Preceding confidence (βc1) 0.29±0.04
t5145 = 7.01; P = 2.75×10−12
- 0.30±0.04
t5144 = 7.48; P = 8.54×10−14
Context value (βV) - 0.17±0.7
t5145 = 2.52; P = 1.18×10−2
0.16±0.06
t5144 = 2.51; P = 1.19×10−2

Note that the number of degrees-of-freedom differs between REDUCED GLME 1 and 2 in Experiment 1, because some participants failed to answer within the allocated time, causing missed observations. This has a lower impact on the number of usable observations in the REDUCED GLME 2 because this model does not make use of “preceding confidence” (which are missing observations–in addition to the missed trials- in the REDUCED GLME 2 and FULL FLME).