Table 2 Three statistical indices to compare CAC and RAC curves.

From: Comparing the strength of the confidence-accuracy versus response time-accuracy relationship for eyewitness identification

Experiment

Type of curve

Type of response

Accuracy range

z

Pilot

CAC

IDs

0.61–0.95

12.16**

Rejections

0.73–0.94

7.92**

RAC

IDs

0.78–0.93

5.71**

Rejections

0.86–0.88

0.77

Experiment 1

CAC

IDs

0.64–0.96

19.99**

Rejections

0.77–0.92

9.07**

RAC

IDs

0.78–0.91

7.24**

Rejections

0.83–0.87

1.79

Experiment 2

CAC

IDs

0.66–0.93

12.42**

Rejections

0.74–0.81

3.03*

RAC

IDs

0.74–0.86

4.93**

Rejections

0.76–0.77

0.38

Experiment 3

CAC

IDs

0.69–0.93

10.93**

Rejections

0.60–0.73

6.44**

RAC

IDs

0.76–0.79

1.29

Rejections

0.64–0.68

2.04*

  1. CAC, confidence-accuracy characteristic; RAC, response time accuracy characteristic; IDs, identifications. *Significant at 0.05 level. **Significant at 0.001 level. z is 2-tailed and based on comparison of the highest and lowest proportions in the accuracy range.