Table 1 Analysis of variance for world groups and goal groups in the message spaces from Fig. 2

From: A framework for the emergence and analysis of language in social learning agents

Message grouping

Varwithin(X)

Varbetween(X)

β

F-value

By wall position (Fig. 2a(ii))

2.88

20.18

0.875

97.54a

By goal location (Fig. 2a(iii))

19.99

3.07

0.133

2.14a

By wall position with student feedback (Fig. 2b(ii))

20.06

38.07

0.655

26.44a

By goal location with student feedback (Fig. 2b(iii))

38.26

19.87

0.342

7.24a

  1. The statistical test performed was a one-sided F-test for variance analysis of groups (for more details see the statistical analysis described in the “Methods”).
  2. aRefers to a significant difference in group means with significance level set at p = 0.05.