Results

ANOVA - Duration

The results below show the main ANOVA table, which tells us that the group (fetishistic, non-fetishistic or control group) had a significant effect on the time spent near the terrycloth object. To find out exactly what’s going on we can look at our post hoc tests and visualize the means by means of a Descriptives plot with confidence intervals. These results show that fetishistic quails spent significantly more time with the terrycloth than those in the other groups, and that fetishistic quails spent significantly more time with the terrycloth than the control group - fascinating!

For good measure we can also look at the Q-Q plot of the residuals. Most points are nicely located along the diagonal, so luckily that is one less worry for us (researching fetishistic quails is already worrisome enough on its own).

ANOVA - duration
								95% CI for ω²
Homogeneity Correction	Cases	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	p	ω²	Lower	Upper
Welch	groups	9880.577	2.000	4940.288	85.091	< .001	0.754	0.637	0.823
	Residuals	3027.525	32.574	92.942

Note. Type III Sum of Squares

Descriptives

Descriptives - duration
groups	N	Mean	SD	SE	Coefficient of variation
Fetishistics	17	43.588	9.689	2.350	0.222
NonFetishistics	15	33.000	4.870	1.257	0.148
Control	27	13.852	6.775	1.304	0.489

Descriptives plots

Assumption Checks

Q-Q Plot

Post Hoc Tests

Standard (HSD)

Post Hoc Comparisons - groups
			95% CI for Mean Difference
		Mean Difference	Lower	Upper	SE	df	t	p_tukey
Fetishistics	NonFetishistics	10.588	4.317	16.859	2.605	56	4.065	< .001
	Control	29.736	24.256	35.217	2.277	56	13.062	< .001
NonFetishistics	Control	19.148	13.447	24.849	2.368	56	8.087	< .001

Note. P-value and confidence intervals adjusted for comparing a family of 3 estimates (confidence intervals corrected using the tukey method).

ANOVA - Efficiency

These results show that male quails have reduced copulatory efficiency (they are less efficient than those that don’t develop a fetish, but it’s worth remembering that they are no worse than quails that had no sexual conditioning – the controls). If you look at Labcoat Leni’s box then you’ll also see that this fetishistic behaviour may have evolved because the quails with fetishistic behaviour manage to fertilize a greater percentage of eggs (so their genes are passed on).

The Q-Q plot shows some deviations from normality though, so these results ought not to be taken 100% seriously (just in case you were still doing that).

ANOVA - efficiency
								95% CI for ω²
Homogeneity Correction	Cases	Sum of Squares	df	Mean Square	F	p	ω²	Lower	Upper
Welch	groups	427.563	2.000	213.782	7.264	0.002	0.146	0.008	0.308
	Residuals	1982.970	32.747	60.555

Note. Type III Sum of Squares