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Table 3 Probabilities of a Type 1 error using one sample Student's t-test

From: Implications of controlled short-wavelength light exposure for sleep in older adults

  

Corneal irradiance (μW/cm2)

Sample type

Exposure duration

(min)

0.7

2

6

11

20

72

saliva

5

0.210

0.523

0.634

0.955

0.303

0.442

plasma

10

0.504

0.744

0.266

0.630

0.226

0.306

saliva

15

0.896

0.688

0.386

0.273

0.0520

0.0950

plasma

20

0.455

0.0768

0.00292

0.00048*

0.0259

0.0030

saliva

25

0.231

0.504

0.00666

0.0725

0.0008*

0.0033

plasma

30

0.533

0.414

0.133

0.0134

0.0353

0.0075

saliva

45

0.935

0.284

0.0308

0.00262

0.0021

0.0039

plasma

60

0.280

0.0078

0.00232

0.00021*

0.0004*

0.0000*

saliva

75

0.329

0.0110

0.0009

0.0011

0.0009

0.0004*

plasma

90

0.0246

0.0042

0.0009

0.0109

0.0000*

0.0000*

  1. *- statistically different than zero suppression using the Bonferroni correction for multiple t-tests.