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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2019 Dec 10;111:104063. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2019.104063

Table 5.

Bayes factor analysis of first-pass regressions from the critical region in our replication data of the dependency × interference interaction, in grammatical and ungrammatical conditions. Shown are increasingly informative priors on the parameter representing the interaction term in the model; for example, Normal(0,1) means a normal distribution with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. We consider a range of priors here because of the well-known sensitivity of the Bayes factor to prior specification. The Bayes factor analysis shows the evidence in favor of the interaction term being present in the model; a value smaller than 1 favors the null model, and a value larger than 1 favors the full model including the interaction term. A value of larger than 10 is generally considered to be strong evidence for the effect of interest being present (Jeffreys, 1939/1998).

Grammatical conditions

Prior on Dep × Int effect Bayes factor in favor of alternative

1 Normal(0,1) 0.57
2 Normal(0,0.8) 0.71
3 Normal(0,0.6) 0.95
4 Normal(0,0.4) 1.36
5 Normal(0,0.2) 1.94

Ungrammatical conditions

Prior on Dep × Int effect Bayes factor in favor of alternative

1 Normal(0,1) 1.54
2 Normal(0,0.8) 1.97
3 Normal(0,0.6) 2.54
4 Normal(0,0.4) 3.54
5 Normal(0,0.2) 5.31