Musical expertise and the ability to imagine loudness.

PLoS One · 2013 · PMC3584072 · PMID 23460791

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marginally significantp = .036actually significant

The main effect of group was not significant, but planned comparisons indicated a difference between non-musicians and a combination of novices and experts that was marginally significant at an adjusted alpha of.03, F (1, 31) = 3.25, p = .036.

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approached significancep = .067so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

A MANCOVA using the three dependent variables and the OSPAN covariate approached significance, F (3, 34) = 1.89, p = .067.

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