Table 3.

Primacy and recency effects, calculated using the first word recalled measure.

		N				Chi square	Posthoc analysis: standardized residual
		F	M	R	None		F	M	R	None
CERAD 1	AD vs. MCI	65	60	59	15	c2(2) = 12.0875, p < 0.01 +	−1.04	0.85	0.36
		23	4	8	0		2.38	−1.95	−0.83
CERAD 2	AD vs. MCI	74	59	61	5	c2(2) = 1.469, p > 0.05 +
		17	8	10	0
CERAD 3	AD vs. MCI	84	46	68	1	c2(2) = 2.611, p > 0.05 +
		16	4	15	0
CERAD DR	AD vs. MCI	12	26	6	155	c2(1) = 0.432, p > 0.05 +
		10	18	1	6
		44			155	c2(1) = 51.172, p < 0.005 +	-2.30			1.50
		29			6		5.50			-3.70

Primacy and recency effects were directly compared between the groups. In the delayed recall only, the probability of no recalls was also compared. Standardized residuals were used to identify the cells which underlie the significant results (i.e., statistically significant cells are those with absolute standardized residual > 1.96, indicated in bold fonts). F, first word (word 1); M, middle list words (words 2–8); R, recent words (words 9–10); none, no word was retrieved; N, number of words within each cell; DR, delayed recall.

⁺Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.