In the present study, the data analyses will be conducted in two steps: demographic analyses and
main analyses. The demographic analyses will compare the demographic variables with the main
variables of interest to identify any potentially confounding relationships. These analyses will consist of a
series of univariate analyses consisting of Pearson’s chi square tests to test association between
categorical variables, Pearson’s product moment correlations to test association between numerical
variables, and independent sample t-tests and one-way ANOVAs to test associations between categorical
and numerical variables.
The main analyses tests a series of hypotheses using a univariate approach. Association between
bile production and RABIT subscales will be tested with a series of Pearson’s correlations. A second set
of analyses will first compare the change in armpit sweat scores among participants who have been
exposed to different visual stimuli (inanimate object, small animal photos, and small animal cartoons)
using three one-way ANOVA procedures. The first ANOVA will compare scores for the entire sample.
The ANOVA will compare scores just for participants who score above the mean on the NATSFA
subscale of the RABIT. The third ANOVA will compare scores just for participants scoring below the
mean on the NATSFA. The final set of analyses uses Pearson’s r to test the remaining hypotheses. The
first of these correlation tests the association between bile production and pit sweat change scores among
participants who were exposed to visual stimuli including small woodland creatures. The remaining
correlations test the association between pancreatic secretions and the NATSFA and AISFA subscales of
the RABIT.