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. 2019 Sep 24;4:15. doi: 10.1038/s41539-019-0053-1

Table 4.

Effect sizes for the planned t-test comparisons between the different conditions (the post-testing effect, the effect of quiz position, and the pre-testing effect) to the trained and untrained questions (new, generalisation, and total untrained) and across questions

Planned t-test comparisons
Reading-quiz vs. Reading-quiz vs. Quiz-reading vs.
Reading-reading Quiz-reading Reading-reading
Trained questions d = 0.74 [0.44, 1.04] d = 0.34 [0.05, 0.63] d = 0.35 [0.07, 0.64]
p < 0.0001 p = 0.019 p = 0.013
New questions d = 0.27 [−0.02, 0.56] d = 0.35 [0.06, 0.64] d = −0.11 [−0.40, 0.17]
p= 0.092 p = 0.017 p = 0.44
Generalisation questions d = 0.34 [0.05, 0.63] d = 0.22 [−0.07, 0.50] d = 0.09 [−0.20, 0.37]
p = 0.032 p = 0.14 p = 0.52
Untrained questions (total) d = 0.36 [0.07, 0.66] d = 0.32 [0.03, 0.61] d = −0.01 [−0.29, 0.27]
p = 0.028 p = 0.027 p = 0.95
All questions d = 0.62 [0.32, 0.92] d = 0.36 [0.07, 0.65] d = 0.22 [−0.06, 0.51]
p < 0.0001 p = 0.013 p = 0.12

Effect sizes (Cohen’s d) are given with 95% confidence intervals