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Published in final edited form as: Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2018 Mar 13;44(7):996–1007. doi: 10.1177/0146167218756031

Table 3.

Experiment 4: Mean Proportions of Errors (SD) as a Function of Action-Target Proportion and Focus

	Misses						False alarms

	Focus

	Action	Inaction	Control	Differences			Action	Inaction	Control	Differences

	Mp (SDp)	Mp (SDp)		A-I	A-C	I-C	Mp (SDp)	Mp (SDp)	Mp (SDp)	A-I	A-C	I-C
High action-target proportion	.21 (.05)	.17 (.03)	.21 (.04)	.04**	0	−.04^*	.08 (.04)	.09 (.03)	.09 (.04)	−.01	−.01	0
Low action-target proportion	.03 (.03)	.25 (.04)	.03 (.04)	−.22^***	0	.25^***	.02 (.02)	.04 (.04)	.02 (.02)	−.02**	−.02^***	0
Difference	.18^***	−.08^***	.18^***				.06^***	.05^***	.07^***

Overall F Tests
F Action-target proportion	187.31^***	η² = 1.27					141.58^***	η² = 0.96
F Focus	92.73^***	η² = 1.27					4.79**	η² = .07
F interaction	136.54^***	η² = 1.87					3.42^*	η² = .05
df action-target proportion	1, 147						1, 147
df focus	2, 146						2, 146
df interaction	2, 146						2, 146
F Tests for Action-Target Proportion effects within Focus Conditions (df = 1, 147)
F within action focus	239.04^***	η² = 1.63					21.57^***	η² = .15
F within inaction focus	105.52^***	η² = .72					14.55^***	η² = .10
F within control focus	252.4^***	η² = 1.72					33.81^***	η² = .23
F Tests for Focus Conditions within Action-Target Proportion Conditions (df = 2, 146)
F within high action-target proportion	3.12^*	η² = .04					0.43	η² = .01
F within low action-target proportion	222.32^***	η² = 3.05					2.31	η² = .03

Note. Mp: mean proportion of errors over relevant task trials; SD: standard deviation. Trials were 50% go trials and 50% no go trials. Differences were calculated by subtracting the second mean from the first, and stars represent the significance of the contrast.

^*:

p < .05. p < .01.

^***:

p < .001. η² = F (k-1)/(n-k)