Table 2.

Change Trajectory Patterns Analyzed Across Four Simulated Testing Occasions.

Pattern	${\mathit{\theta }}_2-{\mathit{\theta }}_1$	${\mathit{\theta }}_3-{\mathit{\theta }}_2$	${\mathit{\theta }}_4-{\mathit{\theta }}_3$
Linear	+0.25	+0.25	+0.25
Nonlinear 1	+0.50	+0.25	+0.00
Nonlinear 2	+0.75	+0.00	+0.00
Nonlinear 3	+0.75	−0.25	−0.25
Nonlinear 4	+0.50	+0.25	−0.50
Nonlinear 5	+0.00	+0.00	+0.50
Nonlinear 6	+0.00	+0.00	+0.75
Nonlinear 7	–0.50	−0.25	+0.00
Nonlinear 8	+0.00	−0.50	+0.00
No change	+0.00	+0.00	+0.00

Note. ${\mathit{\theta }}_1$ was set as a sequence of values from −2.5 to 2.5 with a step size of 0.5, and 1,000 simulees were assigned to each value in the sequence.