Table 7 The statistical results of the post-hoc Dunn’s test to the Friedman test of the difference in exponent values of the fixed model between sleep stages in EEG

From: Temporally resolved analyses of aperiodic features track neural dynamics during sleep

Pairwise

z

p

cd

Wake vs N1

<0.001

1

0.62 [0.57, 0.67]

Wake vs N2

4.68

<0.001

0.89 [0.85, 0.92]

Wake vs N3

6.86

<0.001

0.98 [0.96, 0.99]

Wake vs REM

2.29

0.02

0.83 [0.79, 0.87]

N1 vs N2

3.28

0.001

0.91 [0.87, 0.94]

N1 vs N3

5.54

<0.001

0.99 [0.97, 1.00]

N1 vs REM

0.37

0.71

0.78 [0.73, 0.82]

N2 vs N3

0.84

0.40

0.88 [0.84, 0.92]

N2 vs REM

0.87

0.38

0.88 [0.84, 0.92]

N3 vs REM

3.56

<0.001

0.99 [0.97, 1.00]

  1. Upper bound clipped of CI at 1.00 because Cliff’s δ cannot exceed 1.
  2. z z-value, p Bonferroni-corrected p-values, cd Cliff’s delta effect size.