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. 2020 Apr 30;85(3):1201–1220. doi: 10.1007/s00426-020-01322-3

Table 3.

Generalized linear regression model predicting item difficulty from correct probe trials, incorrect probe trials, and the joint model

Predictor β [95% CI] SE z p
Correct probe trials
(Intercept) 0.839 [0.535, 1.143] 0.155 5.411  < 0.001***
ProbabilityProbe_LastHeard 1.052 [0.364, 1.740] 0.351 2.999 0.003 **
Level − 0.116 [− 0.169, − 0.063] 0.027 − 4.332  < 0.001***
Incorrect probe trials
(Intercept) − 1.633 [− 2.303, − 0.963] 0.342 − 4.770  < 0.001***
ProbeTrueIm_AbsDiff 1.028 [0.763, 1.293] 0.135 7.607  < 0.001***
Heard_Range − 0.224 [− 0.377, − 0.071] 0.078 − 2.886 0.004 **
Joint model
(Intercept) − 0.918 [− 1.516, − 0.320] 0.305 − 3.009 0.003 **
Incorrect: ProbabilityProbe_LastHeard 0.228 [− 1.277, 1.733] 0.768 0.296 0.767
Correct: ProbabilityProbe_LastHeard 2.778 [1.602, 3.954] 0.600 4.627  < 0.001***
Incorrect: level − 0.157 [− 0.282, − 0.032] 0.064 − 2.438 0.015 *
Correct: level − 0.176 [− 0.266, − 0.086] 0.046 − 3.795  < 0.001***
Incorrect: ProbeTrueIm_AbsDiff 1.151 [0.820, 1.482] 0.169 6.823  < 0.001***
Incorrect: Heard_Range − 0.553 [− 0.763, − 0.343] 0.107 − 5.164  < 0.001***
Correct: Heard_Range 0.157 [0.014, 0.300] 0.073 2.162 0.031 *

In the joint model, correct indicates Probe_Accuracy = 1; incorrect indicates Probe_Accuracy = 0

p values are estimated using Wald tests