Table 1 Summary of fit parameters for power law distributions in Fig. 3D–G and t test p-values for the slope of power law distribution fit parameters.

From: C. elegans episodic swimming is driven by multifractal kinetics

Fit parameters

  

Active

Inactive

Class

Period

a

b

a

b

Long-activity class

High-motility

1.89 ± 0.17

0.81 ± 0.07

1.62 ± 0.13

1.00 ± 0.13

Low-motility

1.76 ± 0.57

1.52 ± 0.21

1.20 ± 0.23

0.90 ± 0.18

Mid-activity class

High-motility

1.81 ± 0.20

0.77 ± 0.12

1.67 ± 0.20

1.04 ± 0.20

Low-motility

2.15 ± 0.74

1.30 ± 0.34

1.34 ± 0.24

0.92 ± 0.12

Short-activity class

High-motility

1.87 ± 0.28

0.80 ± 0.17

1.65 ± 0.21

1.06 ± 0.22

Low-motility

2.06 ± 0.76

1.28 ± 0.34

1.30 ± 0.32

0.93 ± 0.20

egl-4(n479)

High-motility

2.02 ± 0.43

0.65 ± 0.16

1.96 ± 0.13

1.04 ± 0.19

Low-motility

p-values

 
 

Active vs inactive

High-motility vs low-motility

 

Long activity class

High-motility

7.9 × 10–6*

Active

5.70 × 10–1

 

Low-motility

2.6 × 10–2*

Inactive

5.07 × 10–4*

 

Mid-activity class

High-motility

3.1 × 10–3*

Active

3.03 × 10–2*

 

Low-motility

1.2 × 10–5*

Inactive

2.61 × 10–7*

 

Short-activity class

High-motility

4.9 × 10–6*

Active

1.50 × 10–1

 

Low-motility

8.0 × 10–7*

Inactive

1.22 × 10–7*

 

egl-4(n479)

High-motility

4.2 × 10–1

Active

 

Low-motility

Inactive

 
   

egl-4(n479) vs Long-activity class

 
   

Active

1.09 × 10–1

 
   

Inactive

7.79 × 10–11*

 
  1. (Upper table) Residence time distributions of animals’ active and inactive states in high-motility and low-motility time regimes (defined as in Fig. 2) on a log–log scale fit with y =  − ax − b. Mean a and b values are shown with the standard deviations. (Shorter table) p-values from t-tests of differences in slope a from upper table in indicated comparisons; *p < 0.05.