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. 2020 Oct 16;8:e10175. doi: 10.7717/peerj.10175

Table 2. Cohen’s d, 95% CIs and achieved statistical power for post-hatching and adult morphological measures (body mass, wing and tarsus length).

Contrast Hatchlings Adults
Cohen’s d 95% CI Statistical power (1-β) Cohen’s d 95% CI Statistical power (1-β)
Body mass
CO-T3 0.22 [−0.70 to 1.09] 0.13 −0.01 [−1.23 to 1.05] 0.05
CO-T4 0.17 [−0.79 to 1.11] 0.11 −0.46 [−1.54 to 0.57] 0.26
CO-T3T4 0.06 [−1.03 to 1.05] 0.07 −0.48 [−1.61 to 0.48] 0.28
T3-T4 −0.09 [−0.81 to 0.66] 0.08 −0.51 [−1.32 to 0.22] 0.36
T3-T3T4 −0.24 [−1.0 to 0.52] 0.17 −0.53 [−1.28 to 0.19] 0.40
T4-T3T4 −0.16 [−0.80 to 0.49] 0.13 −0.01 [−0.66 to 0.65] 0.05
Wing length
CO-T3 −0.41 [−1.33 to 0.36] 0.23 −1.07 [−2.09 to 0.36] 0.67
CO-T4 −0.79 [−1.62 to 0.10] 0.57 −0.72 [−1.52 to 0.20] 0.47
CO-T3T4 −0.56 [−1.31 to 0.13] 0.37 −0.81 [−1.52 to 0.11] 0.56
T3-T4 −0.41 [−1.09 to 0.31] 0.31 0.12 [−0.54 to 0.91] 0.09
T3-T3T4 −0.20 [−0.80 to 0.54] 0.14 0.09 [−0.49 to 0.91] 0.08
T4-T3T4 0.19 [−0.44 to 0.86] 0.15 −0.03 [−0.67 to 0.62] 0.06
Tarsus length
CO-T3 −0.58 [−1.29 to 0.33] 0.33 −0.10 [−1.25 to 1.08] 0.07
CO-T4 −0.88 [−1.93 to 0.08] 0.61 −0.67 [−1.59 to 0.31] 0.43
CO-T3T4 −0.92 [−2.02 to 0.06] 0.68 −0.78 [−1.73 to 0.09] 0.54
T3-T4 0.01 [−0.91 to 1.02] 0.05 −0.68 [−1.41 to 0.08] 0.53
T3-T3T4 0.05 [−0.91 to 1.07] 0.06 −0.79 [−1.44 to -0.11] 0.67
T4-T3T4 0.06 [−0.69 to 0.79] 0.07 −0.11 [−0.73 to 0.54] 0.10

Note:

95% CIs were calculated by bootstrap resampling with 5,000 resamples. CO = control, T4 (thyroxine) = injection of T4, T3 (triiodothyronine) = injection of T3, T3T4 = injection of T3 and T4.