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. 2015 Sep 10;36(11):4231–4246. doi: 10.1002/hbm.22907

Table 1.

Question and answer details for the contrast ex‐TOM versus ex‐NONTOM

Metric All ex‐TOM ex‐NONTOM
Mean (standard deviation)
Question length in words 8.9 (3) 9.5 (3.2) 8.3 (2.8)
P = 0.06
Number of clauses of the question 1.5 (0.5) 1.6 (0.5) 1.4 (0.5)
P = 0.11
Answer length in words 3.7 (1.9) 3.9 (2.2) 3.5 (1.5)
P = 0.08
Percentage (Number)
Location content of question 58.8% (47/80) 62.5% (25/40) 55% (22/40)
P = 0.49

The inferential statistics represent model comparison of two models: (a) the null model, in which only the random factor of story is included and (b) the main effect of ToM, in which the type of the question (ex‐TOM vs. ex‐NONTOM) as well as the random factor of story is included.