Moderate test-retest reliability for the Expected Number Correct Score (r = .78), along with a relatively low test-retest reliability coefficient for the Error score (r = .57) has been documented by prior research [ 59].
The precision of the data obtained for each animal was calculated as the coefficient of error (CE) for the modified Cavalieri method [96].
The intra-specimen coefficient of error values for the measured DNA content of all the examined hippocampal pyramidal layers were below 0.06 (Fig. 1c), indicating acceptable levels of precision [36].
The mean coefficient of error (CE) for optical fractionator estimates of neuron number were all between 0.05 and 0.1.
The intra individual coefficient of error (CE) for the individual estimates of cell numbers ranged from 0.01 to 0.08 with an overall average of 0.046.
The mean coefficient of error (CE) for all individual Cavalieri estimates was calculated according to the method of Gundersen and Jensen (Gundersen and Jensen, 1987) and was ≤0.1 in all these analyses.
The mean coefficient of error was 0.076 for the spiral ganglion estimates, and 0.091 for the vestibular ganglion estimates.
To evaluate methodological uncertainties, the coefficient of error (CE) was measured for each of the stereological parameters.
Gundersen coefficients of error for m = 1 were all less than 0.10.
The coefficients of error for the necrotic tubules and the reference area in our study were 0.08 and 0.05, respectively.
