Table 2 Analysis of variance for world groups and goal groups in the message spaces from Fig. 5a

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. 5a(ii))

1583

54.5

0.033

0.48

By goal location (Fig. 5a(iii))

367

1270

0.776

48.15a

  1. The statistical test performed was an 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 a significance level set at p = 0.05.
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