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Old 04-25-2008, 07:57 PM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by Topher
Meanwhile, D is observed and it is recorded whenever they enter or leave the key region. From this can be computed the "median time in the key area" -- the time before which half the time they eventually spend in the key area occurs. Later this is also computed relative to Tl (the time at which O leaves the remote location to return), by simply subtracting Tl from the median time for each trial.
What is the "key region"? Why would we assume that a psychic dog would move to some physical spot as a reaction to his master returning home, as opposed to any number of other possible behaviors?

Could you elaborate on the bolded phrase? I can't parse it.


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