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Table 2 The results of the logistic linear mixed model that examined whether accuracy in the end-of-week tests was affected by the similarity between the facts in each week (within-set) or by the similarity of each set of facts versus the previously learned facts

From: Elementary math in elementary school: the effect of interference on learning the multiplication table

Factor

Odds ratio

95% CI

Significance

Intercept

41.14

0.04–46,680

 

Within-set numeric similarity

0.44

0.25–0.77

χ2 = 9.53, p = 0.002

Similarity versus previous weeks

1.16

0.55–2.43

χ2 = 0.14, p = 0.71

Sum of operands

0.77

0.29–2.0

 

Product of operands

1.03

0.89–1.18

 

Random effects

   

σ2 within participant and exercise

3.29

  

σ2 between participants

1.47

  

σ2 between exercises

0.35

  
  1. A significant effect was found only for the within-set similarity