Table 6 Exact p-values obtained using a two-sided and one-sided t-test (multiple tests were accounted for using a Bonferroni correction factor) for the informed vs misinformed and smart random walker, respectively in the results of Figs. 4, 5

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

Figure

Maze scenario

p-val (Informed vs. Misinformed)

p-val (Informed vs. Smart Random)

Fig. 4

e

i–vii

<0.0005

<0.0005

f

ii

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

iii

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

iv

n.s.

n.s.

 

v

0.025

n.s.

 

vi

0.014

n.s.

 

vii

0.001

n.s.

g

i–vii

<0.0005

<0.0005

h

ii

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

iii

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

iv

n.s.

n.s.

 

v

0.001

n.s.

 

vi

0.003

n.s.

 

vii

<0.0005

0.020

Fig. 5

b

i

<0.0005

n.s.

 

ii

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

iii

0.001

0.008

 

iv

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

v

0.003

<0.0005

 

vi

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

vii

0.016

<0.0005

c

ii

0.001

n.s.

 

iii

0.004

0.006

 

iv

n.s.

n.s.

 

v

0.023

n.s.

 

vi

n.s.

n.s.

 

vii

n.s.

n.s.

d

i

<0.0005

n.s.

 

ii

<0.0005

0.001

 

iii

0.001

n.s.

 

iv

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

v

0.004

0.004

 

vi

<0.0005

<0.0005

 

vii

0.010

0.003

e

ii

<0.0005

n.s.

 

iii

0.002

n.s.

 

iv

n.s.

n.s.

 

v

n.s.

n.s.

 

vi

n.s.

n.s.

 

vii

0.025

n.s.