Table 1 Analysis results of the two instantiations of the experiment using a linear mixed effect model.

From: Experiments as Code and its application to VR studies in human-building interaction

(a) Session 1

Model:

MixedLM

Dependent Variable:

DistanceWalked

   

No. Observations:

275

Method:

REML

   

No. Groups:

46

Scale:

20131.3268

   

Min. group size:

5

Log-Likelihood:

− 1740.4921

   

Max. group size:

6

Converged:

Yes

   

Mean group size:

6.0

   
 

Coef.

Std.Err.

z

P\(> |\)z|

[0.025

0.975]

Intercept (Control)

148.717

15.040

9.888

0.000

119.239

178.195

Treatment A

4.446

21.211

0.210

0.834

− 37.126

46.018

Treatment B

− 50.988

20.878

− 2.442

0.015

− 91.909

-10.067

Group Var

0.000

10.558

    

(b) Session 2

Model:

MixedLM

Dependent Variable:

DistanceWalked

   

No. Observations:

495

Method:

REML

   

No. Groups:

83

Scale:

25518.3730

   

Min. group size:

4

Log-Likelihood:

-3201.8899

   

Max. group size:

6

Converged:

Yes

   

Mean group size:

6.0

    
 

Coef.

Std.Err.

z

P\(> |\)z|

[0.025

0.975]

Intercept (Control)

177.752

11.387

15.611

0.000

155.434

200.069

Treatment A

− 22.157

15.961

− 1.388

0.165

− 53.439

9.126

Treatment B

− 78.186

20.028

− 3.904

0.000

− 117.440

− 38.931

Group Var

0.000

7.662

    
  1. Significant values are in [bold].