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Table 2 Measures of forgetting at test 2.2

From: Optimizing song retention through the spacing effect

Measure

Massed M (SD)

2 day M (SD)

1 week M (SD)

BF10 Overall

Posterior odds massed vs. 2 day

Posterior odds massed vs. 1 week

Posterior odds 2 day vs. 1 week

Number of correct syllables (ANOVA)

86.8 (13.1)

52.8 (34.6)

45.9 (32.4)

3.7 × 104

1.7 × 103

1.6 × 105

0.20

Proportion of participants who correctly remembered half the lyrics (multinomial)

0.97

0.66

0.57

115

30.0

227

0.38

Number of incorrect syllables

1.8 (2.5)

4.3 (5.1)

3.6 (4.5)

0.92

1.6

0.67

0.18

Number of correctly pitched quarter notes (ANOVA)

49.1 (23.2)

27.2 (23.9)

23.8 (22.9)

233

23.8

127

0.18

Proportion of participants who correctly sang half the notes (multinomial)

0.73

0.34

0.36

26.6

26.6

18.9

0.31

Number of incorrectly pitched quarter notes

21.3 (21.1)

20.6 (19.4)

20.4 (18.0)

0.10

0.16

0.16

0.16

Absolute value of cents off pitch quarter notes

45.4 (35.0)

99.5 (101)

116 (126)

3.5

3.2

5.2

0.19

Number of hesitations

1.6 (2.3)

2.1 (3.1)

2.0 (2.4)

0.14

0.20

0.20

0.16