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This study introduces a simpler method for analyzing linear relationships in cognitive science, like the SNARC effect. It provides better effect size measures and can analyze interaction effects more easily.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Numerical Cognition
Psychology

Background:

Linear relationships are common in cognitive science phenomena.
Previous methods for analyzing linear effects, such as the SNARC effect, require individual participant analysis and lack measures of variability.
Existing methods do not adequately quantify effect sizes.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a simplified methodological approach for estimating linear effects in cognitive science research.
To demonstrate an alternative to traditional linear regression for analyzing effects like the SNARC and distance effects.
To provide a method that yields more comprehensive effect size measures, including variability proportions.

Main Methods:

Utilizing repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) to estimate linear effects.
Applying the method to the distance and SNARC effects as illustrative examples.
Extending the ANOVA framework to analyze linear interaction effects.

Main Results:

Linear effects can be estimated more simply using repeated measures ANOVA.
The proposed method allows for the estimation of effect sizes, including slope and proportions of variability accounted for.
The method is adaptable for analyzing linear interaction effects.

Conclusions:

Repeated measures ANOVA offers a more accessible and informative approach to analyzing linear effects in cognitive science.
This method enhances the quantification of effect sizes and expands analytical capabilities to include interactions.
The findings provide a valuable alternative for researchers studying linear phenomena in cognitive science.